Update
New Data Protection Law for Guernsey Published
18 December 2017
The long-awaited draft Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017 (the Draft Data Protection Law) has now been released.
The Law, once finalised, will be a watershed moment for data protection across the Bailiwick, and will repeal and replace the existing Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2001 (the 2001 Law). In essence, the Draft Data Protection Law is intended to protect personal data in a manner equivalent to and consistent with the European General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR)). As an EU Regulation the GDPR will have direct effect in all EU member states from 25 May 2018 (including the United Kingdom pre Brexit).
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