The Hon. Chandima Hettiaratchi
Hon. Chandima Hettiaratchi said the amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act, No. 9 of 2022, are intended to strengthen regulation and security of personal data processing in the context of rapid technological change. He noted that the law protects the rights of data subjects and establishes an authority and procedures, drawing on international standards such as the OECD Privacy Guidelines, APEC Privacy Framework, and the EU GDPR to address gaps in Sri Lanka’s privacy framework.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, as we bring amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act, No. 9 of 2022, amid significant technological interventions, I wish to present several points.
¶ 02 The core purpose of this Bill is to regulate and secure personal data processing, recognize and protect data subjects’ rights, and establish an Authority with the requisite procedures. International best practices — OECD Privacy Guidelines, APEC Privacy Framework, and the EU GDPR — underpin this law, filling the long-standing gap in Sri Lanka’s data protection and privacy framework.
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Cite as: The Hon. Chandima Hettiaratchi. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 June 2025. No. 1750149440002739. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10155