Progress

Current status
under deliberation
16 Jul 2022 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Bangladesh
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

16 Jul 2022
under deliberation

Released Draft Data Protection Act 2022 including data localisation requirement

On 16 July 2022, the Bangladesh Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) released the draft Data Protection Act 2022. The draft specifies that sensitive personal data and data generated by users have to be stored in the country.

Source
Event type law
Action type drafting
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament