OIC pauses data controller registration as portal upgrades continue

REGISTRATION for data controllers under Jamaica’s Data Protection Act has been temporarily paused as the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) upgrades its online system ahead of the 2025–2026 ...
JD Supra

Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law: A Guide to Registering as a Data Controller

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA’s) Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) marks a significant milestone in protecting personal data in the region. Overseen by the Saudi Data and Artificial ...
Arabian Business

Saudi data watchdog issues penalties over personal data breaches

According to SDAIA, the confirmed breaches included the unlawful collection and processing of personal data, the disclosure of personal information without legal justification, and failures by data ...
JD Supra

Are you a controller, a processor or a joint controller? Should you care? New EDPB guidelines on this perennial data protection conundrum – Part 2

On 2 September 2020, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published draft guidelines on the concepts of controller, joint controllers and processor, which – as explained below - play a crucial ...
UNHCR

Data protection

UNHCR’s General Policy on Personal Data Protection and Privacy (GDPP) brings the Agency’s longstanding human rights-based approach to data protection and privacy ...