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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 pro…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

Complete timeline of this policy change

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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…