E-Commerce Legislation Passed In House

A package of three E-Commerce Bills was passed in the House of Assembly yesterday. These were:

Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill: Creates the environment for the legal certainty necessary to instill confidence in online commercial activity in The Bahamas.

Computer Misuse Bill: Creates a series of offences arising out of the unlawful interference with computers and computer systems.

Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Bill: Requires that information should be obtained by fair and lawful means and used in a manner consistent with that for which it is collected.

At the time the bills were introduced in Parliament last month, the Government also released its E-Commerce Policy Document, described as the "vision" for The Bahamas to become a centre of excellence for e-commerce. (See link below)