PRIVCOM
Statement of Guidance
38 published document(s) from Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda.
| Citation | Status | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Service Provider's Guidance Notes – Final Report (2025-03-07) | Status not confirmed | This is the final report of PrivCom's Financial Service Provider's Guidance Notes, issued after a public consultation process with Bermuda's financial ser… |
| Guidance Note: Protecting Personal Information in the Medical Field | In force | This is an updated PrivCom guidance note explaining how the Personal Information Protection Act 2016 (PIPA), in effect since 1 January 2025, applies to th… |
| Guidance Note: Recording People at Public Events (Part 1: Individuals) | Status not confirmed | This guidance note is the first in a series from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda (PrivCom) explaining how the Personal Information Prot… |
| Guidance Note: Transfer of Personal Information to Overseas Third Parties and Comparable Jurisdictions | Status not confirmed | This is a guidance note from Bermuda's Office of the Privacy Commissioner (PrivCom) explaining how organisations should comply with section 15 of the Pers… |
| Guidance for Organisations on Fees for PIPA Rights Requests | Status not confirmed | This is guidance from Bermuda's Office of the Privacy Commissioner (PrivCom) clarifying whether and how organisations may charge fees when individuals mak… |
| Guidance on Collection and Usage of Data for Contact Tracing (2020-06-19) | Status not confirmed | This is guidance from Bermuda's Office of the Privacy Commissioner (PrivCom) addressing how organisations collecting personal data for COVID-19 contact tr… |
| Guidance on Vendors, Third Parties, and Overseas Data Transfers | Status not confirmed | This is explanatory guidance from Bermuda's Office of the Privacy Commissioner (PrivCom) on how organisations using personal information in Bermuda must h… |
| Guide to PIPA | Status not confirmed | This is PrivCom's Guide to PIPA, a plain-English explanatory guide (not the statute itself) covering the Personal Information Protection Act, which became… |
| Guide to PIPA: Access to medical records | Status not confirmed | This is PrivCom Bermuda guidance explaining section 18 of PIPA, which governs how organisations must handle individual requests for access to their own me… |
| Guide to PIPA: Access to personal information | Status not confirmed | This is PrivCom guidance explaining how organisations subject to Bermuda's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) must handle individuals' requests to… |
| Guide to PIPA: Breach of security | Status not confirmed | This is guidance from Bermuda's Office of the Privacy Commissioner explaining the breach of security notification duties under section 14 of the Personal… |
| Guide to PIPA: Communication provider exemption | Status not confirmed | This guidance from the Bermuda Privacy Commissioner explains the communication provider exemption under section 23 of the Personal Information Protection… |
| Guide to PIPA: Conditions for personal information use | Status not confirmed | This guidance from the Bermuda Privacy Commissioner explains section 6 of the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), which sets out the legal conditi… |
| Guide to PIPA: Consent | Status not confirmed | This is guidance from the Bermuda Office of the Privacy Commissioner explaining what counts as valid consent under section 6(1)(a) of the Personal Informa… |
| Guide to PIPA: Correction & blocking | Status not confirmed | This is PrivCom's guidance on the right to correction under section 19 of Bermuda's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), covering how organisations… |
| Guide to PIPA: Exemptions | Status not confirmed | This guidance from the Bermuda Office of the Privacy Commissioner explains the exemptions and exclusions available under Part 4 of the Personal Informatio… |
| Guide to PIPA: Fairness | Status not confirmed | This is PrivCom guidance explaining the fairness principle under Section 8 of Bermuda's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). It sets out what organ… |
| Guide to PIPA: General exemption | Status not confirmed | This guidance explains the general exemption under section 25 of Bermuda's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). It sets out the specific purposes f… |
| Guide to PIPA: Integrity of personal information | Status not confirmed | This is guidance from Bermuda's Privacy Commissioner explaining Section 12 of PIPA, the integrity principle for personal information. It applies to any or… |
| Guide to PIPA: Key Definitions | Status not confirmed | This is a plain-language guidance page from the Bermuda Privacy Commissioner explaining who PIPA (the Personal Information Protection Act) applies to and… |
| Guide to PIPA: National security exemption | Status not confirmed | This guidance from the Bermuda Privacy Commissioner explains the national security exemption under section 22 of the Personal Information Protection Act (… |
| Guide to PIPA: Organisations & overseas third parties | Status not confirmed | This is a short PrivCom guidance page explaining who counts as an 'organisation' and an 'overseas third party' under Bermuda's Personal Information Protec… |
| Guide to PIPA: Personal information about children | Status not confirmed | This is PrivCom guidance explaining section 16 of Bermuda's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), which imposes special protections when organisatio… |
| Guide to PIPA: Principles | Status not confirmed | This is guidance from the Bermuda Office of the Privacy Commissioner explaining the 12 core principles and rules set out in Part 2 (sections 5 to 16) of t… |
| Guide to PIPA: Privacy notices | Status not confirmed | This is PrivCom Bermuda's guidance explaining the privacy notice requirements under Section 9 of the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). It sets o… |
| Guide to PIPA: Proportionality | Status not confirmed | This is guidance from the Bermuda Privacy Commissioner explaining the proportionality principle under Section 11 of PIPA. It sets out what organisations m… |
| Guide to PIPA: Purpose limitation | Status not confirmed | This is PrivCom guidance explaining the purpose limitation principle under Bermuda's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), specifically section 10.… |
| Guide to PIPA: Regulatory activity & honours exemption | Status not confirmed | This is PrivCom's plain-English guidance on Section 24 of Bermuda's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), which sets out a limited exemption from mo… |
| Guide to PIPA: Responsibility and compliance | Status not confirmed | This guidance from the Bermuda Privacy Commissioner explains the responsibility and compliance obligations under Section 5 of the Personal Information Pro… |
| Guide to PIPA: Security safeguards | Status not confirmed | This is PrivCom Bermuda guidance explaining the security safeguards requirement in Section 13 of the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). It sets o… |
| Guide to PIPA: Sensitive personal information | Status not confirmed | This guidance from the Bermuda Privacy Commissioner explains the concept of sensitive personal information under section 7 of the Personal Information Pro… |
| Guide to PIPA: Transfer to Overseas Third Party | Status not confirmed | This guidance from the Bermuda Privacy Commissioner explains the requirements under Section 15 of PIPA that apply when an organisation transfers personal… |
| Guide to PIPA: What is personal information? | Status not confirmed | This is guidance from Bermuda's Office of the Privacy Commissioner explaining how the term personal information is defined and applied under the Personal… |
| Individuals' Guide to PIPA (December 2024) | Status not confirmed | This is a plain-English guidance document produced by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda (PrivCom) explaining to individuals what rights t… |
| PIPA/GDPR Crosswalk | Status not confirmed | This is a reference table published by the Bermuda Privacy Commissioner mapping provisions of Bermuda's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) to thei… |
| Privacy Officer Mini Guide | Status not confirmed | This is an informational guidance document from the Bermuda Office of the Privacy Commissioner (PRIVCOM) describing the role, skills and responsibilities… |
| Privacy in the Workplace (PrivCom Guidance, August 2024) | Status not confirmed | This is PrivCom (Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda) guidance, issued August 2024, explaining how the Personal Information Protection Act 2016… |
| Small Business Advice | Status not confirmed | This is informal guidance published by Bermuda's Office of the Privacy Commissioner (PrivCom) aimed at small businesses, charities, clubs, and other small… |