Data Protection and Privacy Act 2024, transborder data flows

Data Protection and Privacy Act No. 13 of 2024, ss. 15-17

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In force since 2 January 2025.

A cross border transfer rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 19 September 2026.

What it requires

Do not transfer personal data generated or collected in Vanuatu outside the country without the Minister's prior authorisation, unless the recipient country or organisation is on the Minister's list of jurisdictions providing an appropriate level of protection, or the data subject's informed consent or another situation in section 17 applies.

What it reaches

Obligation class

Transfer

What this law does

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Section 15 provides that personal data generated or collected in Vanuatu must not be used elsewhere without the Minister's prior authorisation, section 16 requires safeguards before a transfer outside Vanuatu, including that the recipient country or organisation appears on the Minister's list of jurisdictions providing an appropriate level of protection, and section 17 allows a cross-border transfer in the specific situations it lists, including the data subject's informed consent.

The Act was assented to on 5 December 2024 and commenced on 2 January 2025, section 32 fixing commencement on the day of publication in the Gazette.

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Read the law

Official text of the Data Protection and Privacy Act No. 13 of 2024, Vanuatu Department of Communications and Digital Transformation

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