PIPA Toolkit

We are excited to announce the launch of our Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) Toolbox Training, specifically designed to support our diverse membership in navigating and implementing effective data privacy policies. This comprehensive toolkit is suitable for businesses of all sizes but is especially beneficial for small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as non-profit organizations.

The training will be facilitated virtually from 1pm -3pm on October 7th and 8th.  On October 9th, from1pm to 3:45pm there will be scheduled sessions grouped by industry. 

Module 1 - Introduction to GDPR and the History of Data Privacy

• Origins of Privacy Protection
• Personal Information Privacy Act 2016 (PIPA) - What it is and how it affects information privacy
• Corresponding legislation - Sector-specific considerations
• Why data privacy, why now
• Global effect and awareness of Data Protection

• How data is used
• Controls and processors
• Processing data
• The ethical approach to storing information
• Structure of a data policy

• Information and provision
• Transparency and modalities
• Rights of access
• Rectification and erasure
• Profiling and other restrictions

• The role of compliance in PIPA, and accountability
• Cross-jurisdiction policy protection and data transfer
• Obligations of the Data Privacy Officer
• Bermuda Data Privacy obligations

• How to apply PIPA to company policy
• Usage of the templates
• General best practice for policy writing and implementation
• Templates - Sector-Specific Templates
• Handing over sector-specific templates
• Explaining key sector-specific legislation
• Discussion on best policy writing practices