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The Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 gives citizens important personal information rights. The Jersey Law places obligations on how both the public and private sectors process personal information.
We have created easy-to-follow guides to walk you through a variety of data protection and freedom of information aspects.
The Jersey Law applies to both the public and private sectors. It protects the individual in the face of massive technological change and helps to generate trust in the digital economy.
The Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 gives people a general right of access to information held by most public authorities in Jersey. Under FOI, everyone has equal rights to access this information.
This guidance note contains the Commissioner’s guidance on registration under the DPAJL. Registration is a statutory requirement and every controller and processor must register with the Authority.
Good information handling makes good business sense. You'll enhance your business's reputation, increase customer and employee confidence, and by making sure personal information is accurate, relevant and safe, save both time and money.
A personal data breach means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data.
Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 (DPJL) requires you to put in place appropriate technical and organisational measures to implement the data protection principles and safeguard individual rights. This is ‘data protection by design and by default’.
The Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 provides public access to information held by scheduled public authorities. Our primary function being to fulfil the second stage of the appeals process.
You have the right to find out if an organisation is using or storing your personal information.
The rights and duties set out in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 (DPJL) are designed to apply generally, but there are some exemptions from, and modifications to, various provisions of the DPJL.
Freedom of Information legislation gives you the right to access information held by public authorities. Under FOI, everyone has equal rights to access this information. All you have to do is ask.
