Did Statin get the memo that there is a Data Protection ActTo date I have received 6 text messages from Jam-Census, these text messages were all sent during the month of September. While writing…Oct 13, 2022Oct 13, 2022
The Duty to Process Personal Data fairly under the Data Protection Act and the Impact on Marketing…The Duty to Process Personal Data fairly under the Data Protection Act and the Impact on Marketing as we know it.Aug 30, 2022Aug 30, 2022
The Data Protection Act threat or opportunity for the Private Security Industry.Companies that offer private security services will be one of the first set of stakeholders in the data protection regime as data…Jul 28, 2022Jul 28, 2022
The CARICOM Experiment a no go without a robust data protection regime.The Observer Sunday Finance paper, on the front page asked the question, “The CARICOM experiment failure or work in progress? In the…Jul 12, 2022Jul 12, 2022
Is the Ministry of Health taking Privacy Rights Seriously?The Ministry of Health recently published a press release stating that The Attorney General’s Chambers has advised that based on Regulation…Jun 6, 2022Jun 6, 2022
The Information Commissioner has assumed the Office and the Data Protection Act has been gazetted.The Data Protection Act has now been gazetted and the Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay assumed her office on December 1, 2021 the…Dec 11, 2021Dec 11, 2021
Do not breach the privacy of grant Applicants: There must be a better way.On the 29th day of April 2021, the Minister of Finance and the Public Service posted on his facebook page a press release dated April 29…May 1, 2021May 1, 2021
Jab or No Job a Privacy law issueOver the past two weeks there has been a flurry of discussions around the legality of employers threatening to issue sanctions to…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Compliance costs CEOs should be consideringA few weeks ago I wrote an article suggesting that the filing of Registration Particulars required by section 16(2) of the Data Protection…Apr 18, 2021Apr 18, 2021
Have we learned from the JamCovid App experience?It was recently announced that on Monday, March 22, the Government of Jamaica(GoJ) will launch its web-based system for the registration…Mar 20, 2021Mar 20, 2021