On 25 May 2019 the Bailiwick of Guernsey's new data
protection regime became fully operational. Following the end of
the transitional arrangements which were established in May 2018
under the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017
("Law"), Leonie Corfield and Alexandra Gill explore what
this means for businesses in the Bailiwick.
The Law came into force on 25 May 2018. It was enacted in order
to align the Bailiwick's data protection regime with that in
place under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation
("GDPR"). However, unlike the GDPR the Law
'grandfathered' certain aspects of the previous data
protection regime for one further year to allow businesses locally
to prepare.
