Data Protection Act 2023
Data Protection Act 2023 (Act No. 18 of 2023)
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Commencement not set.
A comprehensive regime rule.
As of 5 September 2026.
What it requires
- Not yet in force: Guyana's Data Protection Act 2023 has been enacted and gazetted but no commencement order has been issued, so it does not yet impose any operative duty on any person. Monitor for a commencement order bringing it into force.
What this law does
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The National Assembly gazetted the Data Protection Act 2023 as Act No. 18 of 2023 on 16 August 2023, following passage on 9 August 2023. As of the date below, no commencement order under the Act has been issued, no Data Protection Commissioner has been sworn in, and no Data Protection Office has been established under it, so the Act imposes no operative duty on any person while it remains uncommenced.
The specific lawful-basis, data-subject-rights, and cross-border-transfer provisions the Act would impose once commenced are not described here.
When LexLint raises it
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