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2018. Act, 2018 - 5. Data
Protection Act, 2018.
Data
Protection
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Saint Christoand Nevis.
I assent,
SAMUEL WEYMOUTH TAPLEY SEATON
Governor-General
23rd May, 2018.
SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS
AN ACT to promote the protection of personal data processed by public and private
bodies and for related matters.
[Published 7th June 2018, Official Gazette No. 31 of 2018.]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the National Assembly of Saint Christopher and Nevis and by the authority of
the same as follows:
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1.
Short title and commencement.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Data Protection Act, 2018.
(2) This Act shall come into force on a day to be fixed by the Minister by Order
published in the Gazette.
2.
Interpretation.
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires
“alternative format” means, with respect to personal data, a format that allows a
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person with a sensory disability to read or listen to the personal data;
“Chief Executive Officer” means the officer for the time being exercising the
highest level of administrative functions within a public body or private body;
“commercial transactions” means any transaction of a commercial nature, whether
contractual or not, which includes any matters relating to the supply or exchange
of goods or services, agency, investments, financing, banking and insurance;
“correct” means, in relation to personal data, to alter the data by way of amendment,
deletion, or addition;
“Court” means the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court;