The Caribbean region is on the cusp of big changes in oversight of data handling within Caricom’s borders. The Bahamas led the adoption of data protection legislation in April 2007, followed by TT, which made its legislation enforceable in 2012. Recent data protection laws in the Caribbean have been heavily modelled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) Barbados and Jamaica enacting laws heavily influenced by the legislation. Fines imposed under the EU’s laws can run up to four per cent of global profits, but there are penalties that companies need to be aware of.
Source: https://newsday.co.tt/2022/05/23/whats-happening-with-regional-data-protection-legislation/