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ARTICLE · 30 JUNE 2025

Impact Of Privacy Law On Bermuda Business

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On 1st January 2025, Bermuda's Personal Information Protection Act 2016 (PIPA) came into full force and effect. Based on the core principles of data protection and privacy law internationally, PIPA has profound operational...

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On 1st January 2025, Bermuda's Personal Information Protection Act 2016 (PIPA) came into full force and effect. Based on the core principles of data protection and privacy law internationally, PIPA has profound operational, legal compliance and corporate governance implications for all businesses that use personal information in Bermuda. At the same time, PIPA brings Bermuda into the accepted world of international 'safe data harbours'.

Like most regulatory authorities in Bermuda, the Privacy Commissioner under PIPA has the authority to: conduct investigations concerning PIPA compliance, make PIPA compliance orders upon the completion of an investigation, educate the public about this Act, receive comments from the public concerning the administration of this Act and, to do anything which reasonably appears to the Privacy Commissioner to be conducive to the carrying out of his functions under this Act. Also, the authority of the Privacy Commissioner is supported by

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