The Office of the Data Protection Authority in Guernsey (ODPA)
will introduce a new registration and levy regime from January 2021
which has been approved by the States of Guernsey. This new regime
requires all entities, including local organisations, businesses
and sole-traders established in the Bailiwick of Guernsey who
process personal data to register with the ODPA. Processing refers
to anything a controller or processor does with personal data
including collecting, storing, organising, using, altering,
disclosing, erasing and destroying the data. Personal data is
anything about, or related to, an identified or identifiable living
person including names, addresses, medical records, CCTV footage,
social media activity, internet browsing history, emails which
include content about individuals and political views. Currently
some entities, mostly small businesses, may be exempt from
registration with the ODPA but these exemptions will end on 31
December 2020. The only
