Strategic Objective 2
To provide an effective legal and regulatory framework to facilitate and
encourage the development and use of ICTs
In order to encourage use of ICTs, it will be necessary to protect users from
abuse and fraud as well as to protect their privacy. This will help to build trust
among users. Additionally, it will be better to encourage sharing of information
within the society. It is noted that Government has already enacted an
Electronic Transactions Act, which gives legal recognition to electronic records,
provides for the use of electronic signatures on electronic documents and
places a restriction on the disclosure of personal information and a Computer
Misuse Act, which seeks to provide protection for computer systems and the
information contained in them.
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Strategic Objectives
Ensure effective telecoms, electronic communications, e-commerce,
data protection and computer misuse legislation is always in place and
in line with the prevailing EU directives and international conventions
Develop and implement the necessary legislation, policies, programmes
and initiatives necessary to protect the rights of creators, always
keeping a balance between the intellectual property rights of owners
and the consumers of the information
Engage on a series of awareness and education campaigns aimed at
increasing the knowledge of electronic legislation both for the general
public and special- interest groups
Take the necessary steps to enhance security and system/network
integrity in order to avoid risks of disruption, destruction of networks
and business discontinuity
Develop a national baseline of ICT security safeguards that all the
major organisations (whether by sales revenue, capital investments,
number of employees etc,) must adopt in order to protect their ICT
infrastructure and data
Develop secure and trustworthy electronic communications with other
public services in the CARICOM region and the international arena
Collaborate with the commercial banks to increase further secure and
reliable applications to facilitate online financial transactions over the
Internet
Upgrading of the legal framework to address the security and privacy
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