ARTICLE · 25 JULY 2016

Bermuda Tables Landmark Privacy Framework

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The Personal Information Protection Act 2016 (Bill) was tabled in the Bermuda House of Assembly on 1 July 2016 and underwent its second reading in the House on 13 July 2016.

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Gretchen Tucker

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Co-authors: Timothy Faries and Steven Rees Davies (Appleby)

The Personal Information Protection Act 2016 (Bill) was tabled in the Bermuda House of Assembly on 1 July 2016 and underwent its second reading in the House on 13 July 2016.

The Bill is intended to provide a bespoke privacy framework for the protection of personal information in both online and offline environments. This framework both adheres to recognised international standards for privacy protection and recognises Bermuda's growing digital market and unique regulatory environment.

The draft legislation takes into account recent global privacy developments, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the EU-US Privacy Shield and will form a critical component of the jurisdiction's developing cybersecurity laws.

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