Duty LXD-1285
Processes biometric data, in the Bahamas
Data Protection Act, 2025 (formerly Data Protection Bill 2025)from a date not yet set2 lines
Data Protection Act, 2025 (Act No. 74 of 2025), Laws of The Bahamas; assented ; Official Gazette Supplement Part I published
- This law is recorded as enacted, but the record carries no commencement date, so whether it is yet in force has to be established before relying on what follows.
- Inform the data subject of the reasons for a decision, when automated processing is the sole basis for a decision that significantly affects them, such as their performance at work, creditworthiness, reliability, or conduct.
Data Protection Act, 2025, sensitive personal datafrom a date not yet set3 lines
Data Protection Act, 2025 (No. 74 of 2025), ss. 2(1), 35-36 (sensitive personal data) · Read the law's page
- The Act applies only from the date or dates the Minister appoints by notice in the Gazette; read the lines below as what applies once the relevant provisions are brought into operation.
- Do not process sensitive personal data (racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or similar beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data used to identify a person uniquely, sex life or sexual orientation, medical data, health records, financial records or financial position, a criminal record or offence proceedings) without the data subject's consent in writing, unless an exception in section 35(2), (4), (5) or (6), or an order under section 35(7), applies.
- Process sensitive personal data relating to health only with the data subject's consent and by or under the responsibility of a health care professional or by a person bound by professional secrecy under a written law, unless section 36(2) applies.