The Government of the British Virgin Islands has tabled a number of bills in its parliament aimed at enhancing the digital economy. The suite of proposed legislation covers data privacy, the facilitation of electronic filings via government institutions, electronic commerce (electronic transactions, documents and signatures) and digital payments. Public comments were invited in the first…

The BVI Data Protection Act, 2019 does not include a number of measures typical of recent privacy laws in the Caribbean. Privacy by design and the obligation to have a DPO do not find a home in the law. The Act applies to all personal data processed by governmental entities, its scope is, otherwise, limited…

On 6 April 2021, the BVI government passed the Data Protection Act (the DPA) The DPA was published in the gazette on 13 April 2021 but has not yet come into force. The background to this is of course the drive to become equivalent with the UK and European Union in this area, in particular…

Overview BVI's Data Protection Act, 2021 (the "Act") was brought into force in the BVI with immediate effect on 9 July 2021 and introduces, for the first time in the British Virgin Islands, a legislative framework for data protection based on a set of internationally recognised privacy principles. Here are some highlights from an article published by…

The British Virgin Islands has passed on the 6th of April 2021 the Data Protection Act (hereinafter referred to as the "DPA") The new regime is for the BVI to reach a status equivalent with those of the United Kingdom and European Union in this particular area by providing protection of personal data. The DPA…

The British Virgin Islands has a new data protection law. Below are the highlights. Personal data The Act adopts similar definitions to those found in most EU data protection laws. Data subject: An individual who is the subject of the data, whether living or deceased. Collecting personal data When collecting personal data, data controllers…

Bartlett Morgan published an article on April 30, 2020, about BVI tabling cyber laws Here’s a summary: The British Virgin Islands’ Government has tabled numerous bills in its Parliament aimed at enhancing the digital economy. The proposed legislation items such as data privacy and the facilitation of electronic filings via government institutions. Public comments were invited in…

The Government of the Virgin Islands published a post titled Speech From The Throne - Driving BVI Innovation Through Legislation. Below are some key highlights: On Thursday, 5 November 2020 - 1:45pm, Speech from the throne was delivered by his excellency the governor Mr. Augustus J.U Jaspert in the First Sitting of the Third Session of…