Issued draft of the Pakistan Personal Data Protection Bill including data localisation requirements
On 19 May 2023, the Pakistan Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MITT) released a draft of the Pakistan Personal Data Protection Bill containing data localisation measures. In particular, the Bill requires that certain types o…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
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2022-03-15
under deliberation
The draft Personal Data Protection Bill is approved by the Pakistan Federal Cabinet to be debated b…
2023-05-19
under deliberation
On 19 May 2023, the Pakistan Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MITT) releas…