The British Virgin Islands has enacted new personal data
protection legislation in the form of the Data Protection Act, 2021
(the DPA). Although enacted, the date on
which the DPA will come into force is yet to be announced, but this
is expected imminently. Prior to the DPA, there was no specific
data protection legislation in the British Virgin Islands though
the current Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act 2014 does restrict
the publication of illegally obtained confidential data, together
with the common law duties of privacy and confidentiality.
The DPA is stated to be an act to provide for the protection of
personal data processed by public and private bodies and for
related matters, and the BVI now joins those countries that have a
form of data protection legislation.
