Technology Minister Daryl Vaz says the regulations to fully operationalise Jamaica’s data protection law will be completed by September. Vaz gave the update while making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives this afternoon. He said a consultant who was engaged to prepare drafting instructions for data protection regulations has submitted a preliminary response to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Energy and the Information Commissioner for review. The country’s Parliament passed the Data Protection Act, 2020, ushered in the establishment of the Office of the Information commissioner.
Source: jamaica-gleaner.com