What Is Personal Data Protection Act, 2026 (Act No. 63)?
The Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division lists the Personal Data Protection Ordinance, 2025 as Ordinance No. 61, dated 6 November 2025, and its 2026 ordinance index separately lists a Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026 as Ordinance No. 23, dated 5 February 2026. Bangladesh Government Press records that Personal Data Protection Act No. 63 of 2026 was published on 10 April 2026. The official Act gazette is in Bangla and could not be independently reviewed here, so the current Act's commencement details, transitional provisions, rights and exceptions, statutory deadlines, penalties, regulator procedure, and any translation-alignment questions remain explicitly unresolved rather than inferred from an older English draft or a secondary summary.
At a glance
- Full name
- Personal Data Protection Act, 2026 (Act No. 63)
- Short code
- Act No. 63 of 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Bangladesh
- Enacted
- 2026
- Last major update
- Personal Data Protection Act No. 63 of 2026 was published 10 April 2026; its relationship to the 2025 and 2026 Personal Data Protection Ordinances and its commencement remain unresolved because no authentic English text of the current Act was located
- Regulator
- ICT Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology
- Private right of action
- Limited
Scope, who Act No. 63 of 2026 covers
Protected data
Data subject rights
Not yet fully mapped from the controlling Bangla text of the current 2026 Act — rights, exceptions, and their statutory deadlines require direct confirmation from the gazetted Act before being presented as settled law
Notable features
Bangladesh moved from a long-running draft-bill process to an enacted Ordinance in late 2025, followed by a listed amendment ordinance and then Personal Data Protection Act No. 63 of 2026. The current Act's authentic English text was not located, so any detailed description must be re-verified against the controlling Bangla gazette text rather than an earlier English draft.
Enforcement & penalties
Regulator: ICT Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology
Penalties: Not yet fully mapped from the controlling Bangla text of the current 2026 Act.
Private right of action: Not yet fully mapped from the controlling Bangla text of the current 2026 Act; no enforcement procedure, complaint route, or private right of action has been independently confirmed in the 7 September 2026 review.
Relevance to data brokers
Not yet reviewed. No jurisdiction-specific data-broker or public-record route has been confirmed either way; this and every other route-specific claim require a dedicated review of the current Act's Bangla text before publication.
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FAQ
Does Bangladesh have a data protection law?+
The official Government Press records Personal Data Protection Act No. 63 of 2026 as published on 10 April 2026. Its relationship to the 2025 Ordinance and listed 2026 amendment ordinance was not independently confirmed from the controlling Bangla text, so specific rights, deadlines, and enforcement details are not yet confirmed.
Is this page a complete guide to Bangladesh's data-protection rights?+
Not yet. This page records the 2025 and 2026 Ordinances and the current Act's official publication, but not a full rights, exceptions, deadline, and penalty review directly from the gazetted Bangla text.
Official sources & citations
- Bangladesh Government Press: Personal Data Protection Act, 2026 (Act No. 63) gazette
- Personal Data Protection Ordinance, 2025 (gazette, Ordinance No. 61)
- ICT Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology
- ICT Division: Personal Data Protection Act, 2026 law page
- Bangladesh Government Press: Personal Data Protection Act, 2026 (Act No. 63)
Other international privacy regimes
Act No. 63 of 2026 sits in a global ecosystem of data-protection laws. Start with these comparative frameworks, or visit the privacy research hub for the complete jurisdiction index: