Data & Privacy · Grenada
Data protection & privacy laws in Grenada (2026)
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Grenada enacted the Data Protection Act (No. 1 of 2023), which received gubernatorial assent on 9 May 2023 and was published in the Official Gazette on 10 May 2023, establishing a comprehensive personal-data protection regime covering both public and private entities. The Act creates an Information Commission as the dedicated supervisory authority and confers GDPR-style rights on data subjects. Commencement was to be fixed by ministerial Gazette order; enforcement activity directed at financial institutions reported in mid-2025 indicates the Act is operative.
Key points
The Data Protection Act, No. 1 of 2023 was passed by the House of Representatives on 14 March 2023, by the Senate on 6 April 2023, and assented to by the Deputy Governor-General on 9 May 2023, making it Grenada's primary comprehensive personal-data statute.
The Act establishes the Information Commission comprising three commissioners appointed for renewable three-year terms; it investigates complaints, promotes public awareness of data-protection rights, issues enforcement notices, and imposes penalties for non-compliance.
The GDPA grants data subjects rights to access, correct, and erase personal data and to data portability; notably, the definition of 'data subject' extends to legal entities as well as natural persons.
The Act applies to any organisation or individual processing personal data within Grenada, particularly in the context of commercial transactions, covering both public authorities and private businesses with no blanket government exemption.
The Act stipulates that it enters into force on a date appointed by the Minister by Gazette order, with different dates possible for different provisions; enforcement demands on financial institutions reported in mid-2025 indicate the Act is now operative.
The Telecommunications Act addresses communications-data handling and the Consumer Protection Act sets fairness standards in commercial transactions, both supplementing the GDPA's baseline obligations.
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