Privacy & Information Security Law Blog

On May 4, 2018, St. Kitts and Nevis’ legislators passed the Data Protection Bill 2018 (the “Bill”). The Bill was passed to promote the protection of personal data processed by public and private bodies.

Attorney General the Honourable Vincent Byron explained that the Bill is largely derived from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States model and “seeks to ensure that personal information in the custody or control of an organization, whether it be a public group like the government, or private organization, shall not be disclosed, processed or used other than the purpose for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or where exemptions are clearly defined.”

Read more about the Bill.