EY Webinar on Personal Data Protection examines why companies need to be prepared for the Sri Lanka Data Protection Act
The Personal Data Privacy Act will apply to any entity processing personal data wholly or partly in Sri Lanka, and/or processing or monitoring personal data of data subjects in Sri Lanka.
Appointment of Data Protection Officers will be mandatory for companies processing high volumes of personal data and good practice for others.
Entities will need to consider privacy-by-design concepts during development of products, systems and processes
Manil Jayasinghe - Country Manager, Ernst & Young, and Hiranthi Fonseka - PartnerFinancial Accounting and Advisory Services of Ernst & Young together with Manjula Sirimane - Partner D. L. F De Saram, and Kareena Teh – Partner | Solicitor Advocate LC lawyers LLP (Hong Kong Law Firm member of the Global EY network) will host the webinar “Are you ready for the Personal Data Protection Act?” to deliberate how companies can make the fundamental changes proposed by the Act. The session will discuss the salient features of the Bill, the regulatory expectations, and what it means for businesses on a local and international scale.
Speaking on the PDP Act, Manil Jayesinghe comments that Personal Data Privacy should not be looked at in isolation, or as the sole responsibility of Information Officers. He reiterates that this is an organisation wide project, involving operations, IT, legal and business processes. As the volume of personal data collected increases, so does the responsibility of protecting it. This responsibility becomes a legal obligation once the PDP Act is passed.
Interested parties are invited to join this webinar organized by the Financial
Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) division of EY on 29 March 2022 from 10.30 am to 11.30 am. For Registrations contact
Thilini Perera on Thilini.perera1@lk.ey.com