The Cayman Islands Government has announced that the date on
which the Data Protection Law 2017 ("DPL") will be
brought into force is now 30 September 2019. The DPL was previously
anticipated to be brought into force at the end of January
2019.
In order to assist the many public and private entities which
will be affected by DPL, the supervisory body for data protection
in the Islands, the Office of the Ombudsman, has released a draft
document titled "Data Protection Law 2017 Guide for Data
Controllers" which will serve as a practical manual for the
way that systems, procedures and documents can be implemented
and/or updated to ensure compliance. The Guide is modelled on an
equivalent version issued by the Information Commissioner's
Office in the UK in relation to GDPR and this approach by the
Cayman Ombudsman taken together with the requirements of the DPL
itself reflects the Islands' intention to align its data
protection regime with international standards, most
