Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

• 1.   Short title and commencement

• 2.   Interpretation

• 3.   Application

• 4.   State to be bound

• 5.   Appointment of Data Protection Commissioner

• 6.   Resources of the office of the Commissioner

• 7.   Restriction on employment

• 8.   Tenure of office

• 9.   Functions of the Commissioner

• 10.   Independence of functions

• 11.   Oath and confidentiality

• 12.   Powers of the Commissioner

• 12A.   Privacy impact assessment

• 13.   Delegation of functions of the Commissioner

• 14.   Power of the Commissioner to obtain information

• 15.   Contents of information notice

• 16.   Failure or refusal to comply with information notice

• 17.   Insufficient information UNDER the information notice

• 18.   Powers of investigation

• 19.   Form of complaint

• 20.   Notice of investigation

• 21.   Power to request assistance

• 22.   Powers of entry and search

• 23.   Warrant to enter and search premises

• 24.   Obstruction of Commissioner or authorized officer

• 25.   Power of Commissioner to issue enforcement notice

• 26.   Contents of enforcement notice

• 27.   Failure to comply with enforcement notice an offence

• 28.   Investigations in private

• 29.   Referral to Director of Public Prosecutions

• 30.   Instruments of the Commissioner

• 31.   Protection of the Commissioner and staff

• 32.   Data Protection Principles

• 33.   Collection of personal data

• 34.   Consent for processing of personal data

• 35.   Criteria for processing sensitive personal data

• 36.   Processing of sensitive personal data

• 37.   Processing concerning health or medical purposes

• 38.   Processing and disclosure for research and statistical purposes

• 39.   Processing concerning legal offences

• 40.   Accuracy of personal data

• 41.   Use of personal data

• 42.   Security of personal data

• 43.   Duty to destroy personal data

• 44.   Unlawful disclosure of personal data

• 45.   Transfer of personal data

• 46.   Requirement to register

• 47.   Registration as a data controller

• 48.   Duration of registration

• 49.   Register of Data Controllers

• 50.   Inspection of Register

• 51.   Certificate issued by Commissioner

• 52.   Right to access personal data

• 53.   Compliance with request for access to personal data

• 54.   Discretion in relation to access to personal data

• 55.   Denial of access to personal data

• 56.   Right of rectification, etc., of inaccurate personal data

• 57.   Right to prohibit processing of personal data for direct marketing

• 57A.   Employee's protection

• 58.   National Security

• 59.   Crime and taxation

• 60.   Health and social work

• 61.   Regulatory activities

• 62.   Journalism, literature and art

• 63.   Research, history and statistics

• 64.   Information available to the public under an enactment

• 65.   Disclosure required by law or in connection with legal proceedings

• 66.   Legal professional privilege

• 67.   Domestic purposes

• 68.   Written authorization of Commissioner in certain cases

• 69.   Appeals to Court

• 70.   Hearing of proceedings

• 71.   Offences and penalties

• 72.   Offences by directors, etc., of bodies corporate

• 73.   Annual Report

• 74.   Regulations

• Schedule 1

• Schedule 2