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ARTICLE · 01 APRIL 2024

PIPA Compliance Is Not Just A Domestic Affair

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As organizations in Bermuda prepare for the full application of the Personal Information Protection Act, 2016 on 1 January 2025 ( PIPA ), they need to keep in mind that PIPA...

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As organizations in Bermuda prepare for the full application of the Personal Information Protection Act, 2016 on 1 January 2025 ( PIPA ), they need to keep in mind that PIPA protects the privacy rights of all individuals, regardless of the location of those individuals.

In fact, PIPA has been intentionally designed to protect the privacy rights of individuals from all over the world if their personal information is used in Bermuda. That is because in order for most nations around the world to send personal information to Bermuda for any purpose, Bermuda must have equivalent privacy protection laws to adequately protect the privacy of those individuals, thus establishing Bermuda as a "safe harbor" to receive that personal information from overseas.

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