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Whilst many countries recognize the right to informational privacy, or the right to protect their personal information, as an important human right and have developed laws to protect individuals’ personal information, Bermuda remains slow to put such legislation in place. Bermuda’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) received Royal Assent on July 27, 2016, Ministerial statement and Personal Information Protection Act…

26/10/2017: The Royal Gazette reported about a ‘data breach’ in May 2016, about which the police had not been informed. The report can be found here.  A police spokesman confirmed yesterday that the service had not received a complaint about a cyberattack at the firm. Appleby are reported to have said: “Appleby has thoroughly and…

November 2017 – island’s 3rd shooting death this year, 5th Murder. A murder investigation has been launched after 30-year-old Morlan Steede was shot dead in Pembroke on Friday evening in a ride-by incident on One Way Deepdale at about 9.40pm. full story. Mr Steede is believed to have lived in Hamliton, Bermuda being from Harbour View, Saint Andrew,…

A former Warwick Academy (England) teacher Matthew McGowan, 38, was banned from teaching in Britain after it was considered he had an “inappropriate relationship” with a pupil at the private girls’ boarding school where he was a drama teacher. In September 2019, Mr McGowan joined the Bermuda police as a trainee but was removed from…

Heroin Awareness Month & Free Check-up Service Following a spate of severe reactions to the drug and a fear death could result, residents are invited to take their heroin to the nearest police station for examination. With a gram of heroin worth about $40 on the streets of Bermuda it is easy to double your…