Pakistan: Announced Pakistan Personal Data Protection Bill containing data localisation measures
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Announced Pakistan Personal Data Protection Bill containing data localisation measures
The draft Personal Data Protection Bill is approved by the Pakistan Federal Cabinet to be debated by the legislature. According to the Bill, data can be transferred from Pakistan to a country that offers at least the same amount of personal data protection, but "critical personal data" (i.e., data relating to public service providers, unregulated e-commerce transactions and data related to international obligations) may only be processed in infrastructures (servers, data centres) located in Pakistan.
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Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
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producer / supplier
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Type
Any
Economic activity
cross-cutting
Category
All
Policy change by business practice
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personal data (all forms): transfer: cross-border
Regulatory tool
Adequacy decision requirement
Sanctions
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personal data (all forms): data processing
Regulatory tool
Local operations requirement
Sanctions
Regulated subjects
1