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Bangladesh Draft DPA

Draft Data Protection Act 2023

Bangladesh's draft data protection law requiring DPO, imposing data localization requirements, and establishing fines up to BDT 300,000.

Jurisdiction

Bangladesh

BD

Enacted

Unknown

Effective

Unknown

Enforcement

To be established

Under consideration - passage timing unclear

Who Must Comply

This law applies to:

  • • Data controllers and processors in Bangladesh (when enacted)
  • • Entities processing data of Bangladeshi residents
  • • Cross-border data transfers from Bangladesh

Capability triggers:

● dataLocalization (required)
● Required ◐ Increases applicability

Who bears obligations:

DeveloperDeployer

This regulation places direct obligations on deployers (organizations using AI systems).

Safety Provisions

  • • Data Protection Officer mandatory
  • • Data localization requirements (servers in Bangladesh)
  • • Breach notification to authority
  • • Consent requirements
  • • Cross-border transfer restrictions

Enforcement

Enforced by

To be established

Penalties

Fines up to BDT 300,000

Quick Facts

Binding
No
Mental Health Focus
No
Child Safety Focus
No
Algorithmic Scope
No

Why It Matters

Bangladesh's data localization requirement (if enacted) would mandate AI chatbot platforms store Bangladeshi user data on servers within Bangladesh, creating infrastructure obligations.

Recent Developments

Draft under consideration as of 2023; passage timing unclear

Cite This

APA

Bangladesh. (n.d.). Draft Data Protection Act 2023. Retrieved from https://nope.net/regs/bd-draft-dpa-2023

BibTeX

@misc{bd_draft_dpa_2023,
  title = {Draft Data Protection Act 2023},
  author = {Bangladesh},
  year = {n.d.},
  url = {https://nope.net/regs/bd-draft-dpa-2023}
}

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