What Happens in the British Virgin Islands, Stays in the British Virgin Islands
By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/21
On 13 April 2021, the British Virgin Islands (“BVI” or “Virgin Islands”) became the latest jurisdiction to enact a comprehensive information privacy law when the territory published the Data Protection Act, 2021 (the “DPA 2021” or the “Act”) in its Official Gazette. Despite being a territory of the United Kingdom, the Virgin Islands was not bound by Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Unsurprisingly however, the DPA 2021 has much in common with the GDPR, including the...
By: Goodwin