I researched which countries in the Caribbean region have e-commerce laws and the results are listed below
Author: bartlettmorgan
Attorney at Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Focused on developments in the internet law sphere.
ITU publishes guidelines on national emergency telecommunications plans
In the midst of a global pandemic and a number of recent natural disasters affecting the region, an interesting conversation point has arisen in ICT and telecommunications spaces: how to best utilise telecoms infrastructure to assist in managing inevitable national disasters. The International Telecommunications Union has recently published guidelines for national emergency telecommunications plans (NETPS)….
Majority of CARICOM states back controversial United Nations resolution on Cybercrime
The underlying fear is that this proposed convention is an attempt to legitimize the repression of free speech online. Have the majority of CARICOM states unwittingly helped?
[Panel discussion] The Barbados Data Protection Act – SMART Barbados Week 2019
I was honoured to be part of a panel discussion on the newly passed Barbados Data Protection Act at the inaugural Smart Barbados Week 2019. The Smart Barbados Week was a 4-day symposium hosted by Barbados’ Ministry of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology (MIST). Its purpose was to engage the Barbadian public with the knowledge…
Number portability is now a reality in the Eastern Caribbean
n June, the Eastern Caribbean States witnessed a quiet revolution: the introduction of mobile number portability
[Published] Article in the Business Authority on the Barbados Data Protection Bill*
The Business Authority newspaper (Barbados) published an article under my name. The article is based on my written submissions to the Barbados Parliament’s Joint Select Committee on the Data Protection Bill, 2019. The article zooms in on my comments on the lack of protection offered to the Data Protection Commissioner’s office and the need for…
[Quoted] Global Data Review article on the Eastern Caribbean States accessing Facebook’s disaster mapping technology
Global Data Review recently reached out for comments on a recently announced collaboration between the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and Facebook. Under the initiative, the OECS will have access to Facebook’s Disaster Maps feature in the event of natural disasters. Links: Read the Global Data Review article here [subscription required]; a copy of the…
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
Barbados Data Protection Bill 2019
A new draft of the proposed Barbados Data Protection Bill has been circulated. See a copy here.
[FinTech] Barbados launches Regulatory Sandbox
In Barbados, the Financial Services Commission and the Central Bank have jointly created an important regulation: the Regulatory Sandbox Framework for the Financial Services Sector. Sandbox Benefits The no-fluff definition of a regulatory sandbox? A temporary observatory where regulators try to figure out whether a new financial product/service is fish or foul. Let’s flesh that…