Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

21.   Data management and quality control

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    (1)   A credit bureau shall —

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      (a)     establish, implement and maintain protocols and procedures to ensure that the credit information registered in its database or otherwise processed by it is securely stored and complete and up-to-date at all times;

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      (b)     implement strict quality control procedures to ensure the maximum possible accuracy and completeness of its database;

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      (c)     take all such steps as are necessary to ensure that the data subject information that it processes is up-to-date, reliable, accurate and comprehensive;

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      (d)     implement any other procedures necessary to ensure compliance with this Act;

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      (e)     ensure that the measures, procedures, and steps taken under this subsection are fair, adequate, relevant, and reasonable; and

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      (f)     ensure that the data subject information is disclosed only in accordance with a permissible purpose provided for under section 20.

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    (2)   A credit bureau that contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not less than $10 000 but not exceeding $100 000.