The Government is in the process of finalising new members for the Access to Information (ATI) Tribunal. Addressing Wednesday’s (September 18) post-Cabinet press briefing at business processing outsourcing firm iTel’s corporate office in St. Andrew, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with Responsibility for Information, Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon,...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is accepting entries for its annual Heritage Competition up to October 31. This year, students are invited to make essay, poster, and photo submissions under the theme ‘Out of Many, One People’. “We are excited to have students of all levels engage in this year’s competition. This initiative offers a unique opportunity for them to...

Residents of Cherry Tree Lane in Clarendon are receiving trauma counselling in the wake of the horrific attack by gunmen on the community on Sunday night (August 11), which resulted in the deaths of eight persons. Information Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, who was part of a team led by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness,...

Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay, is reminding data controllers that the organisation is only accepting online registrations through the My OIC portal on its website. “We are trying to move towards the digital economy that Jamaica wants to create, and we aim to make this process as simple and as easy as possible to have our business functions automated and to...

Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay, is urging data controllers to register, despite any obstacles they may face in meeting the requirements of the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2020. Ms. Barclay’s plea comes as Jamaica moves forward with the full implementation of the legislation, which aims to safeguard individuals' privacy rights and regulate the processing of personal data across various sectors. In...

The Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) will be processing registration applications for Data Controllers in order of priority. In a public notice published on June 2, the OIC said it is balancing the rights and interests of all people as it phases implementation of the Data Protection Act. In the first phase, from June 1 to August 31, 2024,...

The Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) has established registration fees for Data Controllers. Under the Data Protection Act, persons who hold, receive, use, collect or deal with personally identifiable information of any individual are considered data controllers and must register with the OIC. Registration began on December 1, 2023, and data controllers were given a six-month grace period to...