The Government of Jamaica 🇯🇲 has passed a law to govern the use of its CBDC (central bank digital currency), Jam-Dex
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🇯🇲 Jamaica gets updated number portability guidance
What is number portability? Number Portability refers to the ability of a subscriber to retain their telephone number after leaving one service provider and, thereafter, utilising that same number with a new service provider. ‘Porting’ is a reference to the process by which the telephone number is transferred from one service provider to another. Number…
🇯🇲 Jamaica appoints privacy regulator – Information Commissioner
Jamaica has appointed Celia Barclay as its first Data Protection Commissioner, effective December 1, 2021
Tracking Net Neutrality: What have Caribbean Governments been up to?
A number of regulators throughout the Caribbean have taken steps in respect of Net Neutrality. Between 2010 and the present, this has included decisions, position papers and public consultations. Many regional governments support the notion but this position is not universal.
Barbados and Jamaica closer to operationalising new privacy laws
Both Barbados and Jamaica passed substantive data protection laws in the past 18 months. Neither jurisdiction has, however, taken the relevant procedural steps to actually make their privacy laws enforceable.
[Intellectual Property] Significant damages award for software programmer in Jamaican copyright claim – plain English article
In Paymaster (Jamaica) Ltd. v Grace Kennedy Remittance Services Ltd, the Jamaican Supreme Court has awarded significant damages, equivalent to approximately US$4+ million, to a software programmer following a copyright dispute. The bulk of the award? Interest!
List of E-Commerce Laws in the Caribbean
I researched which countries in the Caribbean region have e-commerce laws and the results are listed below
Jamaica’s Court declares freestanding constitutional right to informational privacy in Robinson v Attorney General
a general right to privacy must be read into the Jamaican Constitution
Breach of confidentiality: Aswan v National Commercial Bank and a few lessons for Software Developers
Following the Jamaican High Court decision in Aswan v National Commercial Bank, even if a contractual provision provides for confidentiality in your dealings, it may not be enough to protect your intellectual property interests if your actions, subsequent to the entry into the contract, suggest that you are o.k. with your confidential information being disclosed…
Much needed privacy act coming to Jamaica
A privacy and data protection act is to be tabled in Jamaica in the next three months. Andrew Wheatley, the government minister responsible for technology, made the disclosure via the Jamaica Information Service website recently. This is the third such public announcement by the Minister in five months (See here and here). Presumably, therefore, there is substance…