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Act No. 18 of 2023
Guyana Data Protection Act, 2023
Prepared by Shubhank Suman · Last reviewed
ENACTED / COMMENCEMENT BY MINISTERIAL ORDER
- Legal character
- Statute
- Region
- Latin America
- Published
- 16 August 2023 (Official Gazette, Extraordinary)
What it covers
Guyana's comprehensive data-protection statute. It regulates the processing of personal data by data controllers and processors, sets data-protection principles, special rules for sensitive personal data, data-subject rights including access, rectification, erasure and objection, security and breach obligations, transfers outside Guyana, and supervision and enforcement by a Data Protection Commissioner.
Why it matters
It gives Guyana a modern GDPR-style data-protection framework.
Refer to it when
Use it for processing personal data in Guyana, data-subject requests, breaches and international transfers.
AI, privacy and cybersecurity relevance
- AI: Low
- Privacy: Very High
- Cyber: Moderate
AI
LOW RELEVANCE
No AI-specific regime.
Privacy
VERY HIGH RELEVANCE
Comprehensive data-protection statute.
Cybersecurity
MODERATE RELEVANCE
Security and breach duties.
Applicability
Data controllers and processors processing personal data in Guyana.
Current validity
ENACTED. Published 16 August 2023; commencement depends on a ministerial order, which the supplied Gazette does not show. The PDF here is a compressed copy of the Gazette. Read the official PDF on this page for the operative text.
Read first
Section 1 (commencement) → definitions → principles → data-subject rights → controller and processor duties → transfers → Commissioner and enforcement.
Provisions / sections covered
Section 1 – Short title and commencement
The Act commences on a date appointed by the Minister by order.
Data-protection principles
Lawfulness, fairness, purpose limitation, minimisation, accuracy, storage limitation and security.
Data-subject rights
Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection.
Supervision
Data Protection Commissioner with investigative and enforcement powers.
Subject-matter tags
- Sensitive data
- Data subject rights
- Erasure and deletion
- Data portability
- Cross-border transfers
- Controller and processor
- Enforcement and penalties
Subject-matter tags describe what the indexed text discusses. They are not legal conclusions.
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