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Countries with Freedom of Information Acts

 

 

 Year enacted
Sweden1766
USA1966
Denmark1970
Norway1970
Holland1978
France1978
Australia1982
Canada1982
New Zealand1982
Hungary1992
Ireland1997
Thailand1997
Korea1998
Israel1998
Japan1999

 

A more comprehensive survey of FoI laws around the world has recently been published by Privacy International.

 

 
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