Self-funding Model For ODPA In Guernsey

Guernsey's data protection regulator, the ODPA, has announced that it has reached agreement with the States of Guernsey over transitioning to a self-funding model. The updated data protection legislation is now a little over two years old, but the scale of the task of implementing a framework for oversight has been significant. It is not surprising that core areas of implementation have taken priority, but nevertheless it is important to recognise this as a milestone development.

One of the key factors for effective regulation is independence and that has been the driving factor behind the development of the new funding model. Both the GDPR and our own local law (designed to be equivalent to GDPR) require that data protection regulators be independent of government, industry and other external sources. Demonstrating equivalence to GDPR will go some way towards confirming to the European Commission that Guernsey should remain on the list of "adequate" jurisdictions