Michael Bahar, Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik, Alexander F.L. Sand, and Trevor J. Satnick of Eversheds Sutherland write:
With enactment of the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), Bermuda can now count itself among the ever-expanding list of jurisdictions with enhanced privacy protections. PIPA, passed on July 27, 2016, and entered into force in December 2017, shares many of the more stringent requirements and protections with Europe’s impending General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which indicates a growing, global trend towards stepped-up privacy regimes. That said, as much as there are similarities between the regulations, there are important differences, especially for those companies which also must comply with US privacy laws.
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