Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda

{{short description|Independent public office of Bermuda}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Orphan|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox government agency

| name = Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda

| type = Office

| seal =

| logo = Privacy_Commissioner_Bermuda_Logo.png

| formed = {{Start date|2020|01|20|df=yes}}

| jurisdiction = Bermuda

| motto = Quo Data Ferunt

| chief1_name = Alexander McD White

| chief1_position = Privacy Commissioner

| keydocument1 = [http://www.bermudalaws.bm/laws/Annual%20Laws/2016/Acts/Personal%20Information%20Protection%20Act%202016.pdf Personal Information Protection Act 2016]

| website = {{URL|www.privacy.bm}}

}}

The Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda is an independent public office of Bermuda with a mandate "to regulate the use of personal information by organisations in a manner which recognizes both the need to protect the rights of individuals in relation to their personal information and the need for organisations to use personal information for legitimate purposes, among other duties."{{Cite web|url=https://www.privacy.bm/about-us|title=About Us|website=PrivComBermuda|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27}}

The office was created by the Personal Information Protection Act 2016Personal Information Protection Act 2016, http://www.bermudalaws.bm/laws/Annual%20Laws/2016/Acts/Personal%20Information%20Protection%20Act%202016.pdf and oversees any individual, entity or public authority that uses personal information.

The Privacy Commissioner has the authority to conduct investigations concerning compliance, make orders, educate the public and engage in research, give guidance, and "do anything which reasonably appears to him [sic] to be incidental or conducive to the carrying out of his [sic] functions under this Act."Section 29(1)(o), Personal Information Protection Act 2016. http://www.bermudalaws.bm/laws/Annual%20Laws/2016/Acts/Personal%20Information%20Protection%20Act%202016.pdf

The current Commissioner is Alexander McD White, who was appointed on January 20, 2020 by the Governor of Bermuda.{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/business/article/20191211/bermuda-appoints-privacy-commissioner|title=Bermuda appoints privacy commissioner {{!}} The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Business|last=Staff|first=News|website=The Royal Gazette|date=13 December 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-27}}