The Office of the Data Protection Authority in Guernsey (ODPA)
has announced that anyone who is currently exempt from the legal
requirement to register with the ODPA will now continue to be
exempt until January 2021.
Every controller and processor of data (including business,
charity, organisation and in some circumstances individual) is
required to work with and comply with the Data Protection
(Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017 (the DP Law), however, certain
exemptions mean that currently there is no need for some data
controllers or processors to register with the ODPA.
In broad terms, these exemptions apply to the following three
groups:
- those that only process data that is for accounts and
record-keeping for core business purposes for staff administration
and to market their own goods or services;
