What Is Privacy Act No. 18 of 2003?
Privacy Act No. 18 of 2003 is confirmed in the official legislative index for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Its commencement requires a ministerial Gazette Order, but no such Order was located in the supplied research. The located provisions are public-authority focused. They include an access-related retention provision and a written route for correction or amendment. The supplied research did not locate a current Privacy Commissioner route. A generic Data Protection Act reference in a 2025 sector Gazette was not enough to establish a new general privacy regime. This is therefore a bounded profile of the confirmed Act and the limited rights and currentness material located, not a statement that a broader regime is operational.
At a glance
- Full name
- Privacy Act No. 18 of 2003
- Short code
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Privacy Act No. 18 of 2003
- Jurisdiction
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Enacted
- 2003
- Last major update
- Commencement requires a ministerial Gazette Order; no such Order or current Privacy Commissioner route was located, and a 2025 sector Gazette reference did not establish a new general regime
- Regulator
- No current Privacy Commissioner route was located in this pass
- Private right of action
- Limited
- Statutory citation
- Privacy Act No. 18 of 2003
Scope, who Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Privacy Act No. 18 of 2003 covers
Protected data
Data subject rights
Access-related right or protection reflected in the located public-authority retention provision
Right to submit a written correction or amendment request through the route located in the Act
No current Privacy Commissioner route was located in the supplied research
The 2025 sector Gazette reference did not establish a new general set of data-subject rights
Notable features
The official legislative index confirms the 2003 Act, but its ministerial Gazette commencement requirement remains unresolved in the supplied research. The generic Data Protection Act reference in a 2025 sector Gazette is not treated as proof of a new general regime.
Enforcement & penalties
Regulator: No current Privacy Commissioner route was located in this pass
Penalties: The supplied research did not locate a consolidated penalty schedule; no penalty amount or timeline is stated here.
Private right of action: The supplied summary located written correction or amendment mechanics but did not establish a separate private damages action or a current administrative complaint route. This is an evidence limitation, not a definitive statement about every possible remedy.
Relevance to data brokers
No Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-specific data-broker, people-search, public-record suppression, or broker-removal route was located in the supplied research. The public-authority-focused provisions should not be presented as a confirmed broker-specific process.
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FAQ
What is the status of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Privacy Act No. 18 of 2003?+
The Act is confirmed in the official legislative index, but commencement requires a ministerial Gazette Order. No such Order was located in the supplied research.
What rights were located in the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Act?+
The supplied research located public-authority-focused material, including an access-related retention provision and a written correction or amendment route.
Does the 2025 sector Gazette establish a new general privacy regime?+
No. The supplied research treated its generic Data Protection Act reference as insufficient to establish a new general regime.
Official sources & citations
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Assembly: 2003 Acts index
- The Information Collective: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Privacy Act
- ITU: privacy and data-protection assessment
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Legal Affairs: 2026 Gazettes index
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Legal Affairs: Gazette No. 63 of 2025
- Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: data privacy policy and protocol terms of reference
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: government digital-transformation data-protection workstream
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Customs: privacy policy
Other international privacy regimes
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