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Data Protection

Protection of an individual's right to privacy has to be balanced against the needs of commerce and the regulatory requirements of a democratic society

Jersey and the other Crown Dependencies have based their local legislation on the UK's Data Protection Act 1998. Therefore, those individuals and organizations who deal with the other Islands or the UK will already be familiar with the Law's requirements.

The prime purpose of the Data Protection Law is:-

- to safeguard the rights of individuals with regard to their personal information which may be held, stored or processed about them;

- to establish legally enforceable criteria that must be met before any holding or processing of personal information can commence;

- to ensure that organisations and individuals holding or processing such information notify with the Data Protection Authority, declaring the purposes for which the information is being held or processed, to whom it will be disclosed and the security measures to be applied

- to ensure that organisations and individuals hold and process personal information that is accurate, up to date and only used for the purposes that are described in their notification details to the Data Protection Authority;

- to establish a supervisory authority that can act with independence in exercising the statutory powers entrusted to them by Law.

Any person or business entity that is or intends to process or use personal data and who is unsure of their compliance requirements should contact the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner for advice. Registration is valid for up to three years.

The current Data Protection Commissioner is:
Emma Martins,
The Data Protection Registry,
Morier House,
Halkett Place
Jersey JE1 1DD
Tel:

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related website: http://www.dataprotection.gov.je

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This article updated: 2007/01/31 13:42:15













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