In April 2021, the Cayman Islands published an updated Data Protection Act, 2021. This news is not as exciting as it may seem at first blush. The updated DPA is virtually the same as the 2017 version. In my view there are only two amendments worth noting:1. All references to the Information Commissioner in the…
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Guyana set to pass impressive new law on e-commerce
Guyana is about to strip itself of a, no doubt, undesirable status: it is one of only two remaining Caribbean jurisdictions without a substantive e-commerce law. The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce published a draft act – The Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill, 2019 in early October, 2020. The public comment period for the…
[Published] Article in the Business Authority on the Barbados Data Protection Bill*
The Business Authority newspaper (Barbados) published an article under my name. The article is based on my written submissions to the Barbados Parliament’s Joint Select Committee on the Data Protection Bill, 2019. The article zooms in on my comments on the lack of protection offered to the Data Protection Commissioner’s office and the need for…
Barbados Data Protection Bill 2019
A new draft of the proposed Barbados Data Protection Bill has been circulated. See a copy here.
Comments on the Barbados Data Protection Bill, 2018
I was recently tasked with drafting comments on the 2018 Barbados Data Protection Bill on behalf of three public interest groups – the Barbados ICT Professionals Association, the Barbados Information Systems Security Association and the Barbados Chapter of the Internet Society. Effectively, civil society and professional development organisations with separate areas of focus but all interested…
Enforcement powers clarified under updates to Barbados Telecommunications Act
Enforcement powers under Barbados’ Telecommunications Act are now more expansive and clear-cut following recent amendments. The newly passed Telecommunications (Amendment) Act, 2018-10 expressly extends the circumstances in which various enforcement-related activities such as injunctions, search and seizure orders and the issue of warrants may occur. Prior to the amendment, invocation of enforcement powers was almost exclusively grounded…