Duty LXD-6658
Distributes a software product, in Trinidad and Tobago
Data Protection Act, 2011, cross border disclosure of personal informationsince 3 lines
Act 13 of 2011, ss. 6(l), 46 and 72 (cross border disclosure) · Read the law's page
- Section 6(l)'s general principle already binds everyone who handles personal information: before disclosing personal information outside Trinidad and Tobago, make sure the disclosure is regulated and that comparable safeguards to those under this Act exist in the receiving jurisdiction.
- Once Part III is in force, before a public body discloses personal information to a party in another jurisdiction, tell the individual the purpose of the disclosure and the identity of the requester and the receiving jurisdiction's data protection body, and obtain the individual's consent.when it serves a public body
- Once Part IV is in force, follow the same disclosure, consent and Commissioner-referral process before an organisation covered by a mandatory code of conduct discloses personal information to another jurisdiction.