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PIPA Update – The Brave New World Of Individual Rights Requests

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With the 1 January 2025 implementation date of the Personal Information Protection Act 2016 ("PIPA") fast approaching, Bermuda based organisations from small-businesses to multinationals, should be busy preparing...

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With the 1 January 2025 implementation date of the Personal Information Protection Act 2016 ("PIPA") fast approaching, Bermuda based organisations from small-businesses to multinationals, should be busy preparing for compliance. PIPA requires in scope organisations to adopt suitable measures and policies to give effect to their obligations and to individuals rights under PIPA. Conyers offers an array of services to support your organisation with its PIPA compliance, including establishing a PIPA compliant privacy programme, assisting with individual rights requests and Privacy Officer services. For more information about Conyers services, please visit here.

This article focuses on a new concept under PIPA, an unchartered territory for most Bermuda organisations – the introduction of individual's personal information rights. Commencing in 2025 organisations must be ready to receive, process and respond to these individual rights requests. Such requests include that

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