What Is Data Protection Act 18 of 2023 (Guyana)?
Parliament-published Data Protection Act 18 of 2023 sets out rights including access, correction, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and objection to direct marketing. The supplied research identifies the Act as Guyana's located general data-protection instrument. The located rights framework includes a one-month controller response rule, which may be extended by two months. The supplied research does not establish additional request conditions or exceptions beyond those described in the Act materials. The Act's commencement order and a public operational Commissioner complaint route were not located. Official 2025–2026 material supports treating full commencement as unresolved, so this profile describes the Act's provisions without presenting every route as confirmed operational.
At a glance
- Full name
- Data Protection Act 18 of 2023 (Guyana)
- Short code
- Guyana Data Protection Act 2023
- Jurisdiction
- Guyana
- Enacted
- 2023
- Last major update
- Commencement unresolved; official 2025–2026 material located in this pass did not confirm full commencement
- Regulator
- Data Protection Commissioner (public operational complaint route not located)
- Private right of action
- Limited
- Statutory citation
- Data Protection Act 18 of 2023
Scope, who Guyana Data Protection Act 2023 covers
Protected data
Data subject rights
Right of access
Right to correction
Right to erasure
Right to restriction of processing
Right to data portability
Right to object to processing, including direct-marketing objection
Controller response period of one month, extendable by two months according to the supplied research
Notable features
The Act is Parliament-published and dated 2023, but the commencement order was not located. Official 2025–2026 material supports keeping full commencement and the operational status of the Commissioner complaint route unresolved.
Enforcement & penalties
Regulator: Data Protection Commissioner (public operational complaint route not located)
Penalties: The supplied research summary did not provide a consolidated penalty schedule or amount, so no penalty figure is stated here.
Private right of action: The supplied research identifies statutory rights and a Commissioner role, but did not establish a separate private damages action or a currently operational public complaint route.
Relevance to data brokers
No Guyana-specific data-broker, people-search, or public-record removal route was located. The Act’s general rights should not be presented as a confirmed broker opt-out process while commencement and the operational complaint route remain unresolved.
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FAQ
Is Guyana’s Data Protection Act 18 of 2023 confirmed fully in force?+
The supplied research did not locate the Act’s commencement order. Official 2025–2026 material supports treating full commencement as unresolved.
What rights are set out in Guyana’s Act?+
The supplied research identifies access, correction, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and direct-marketing objection provisions, with a one-month response period extendable by two months.
Is there a Guyana-specific data-broker opt-out route?+
No Guyana-specific data-broker, people-search, or public-record removal route was located in the supplied research pass.
Official sources & citations
- Parliament of Guyana: Data Protection Act 18 of 2023 (PDF)
- Parliament of Guyana: Data Protection Act 18 of 2023 listing
- Department of Public Information: national e-ID rollout and data-protection laws
- Department of Public Information: Budget 2026 for Guyana
- Guyana Official Gazette: Data Protection Act 2023
- Guyana Parliament: bill status record
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