MAHMUDUL HASAN and BAHARAM KHAN

The Advisory Council yesterday approved the Personal Data Protection Ordinance, 2025, making social media platforms and foreign and local tech companies answerable to the courts of Bangladesh regarding the handling of restricted personal data and confidential personal data of Bangladeshi citizens.

“In an attempt to resolve complaints related to a host of issues from unauthorised data processing to data breaches, we have brought all platforms, software or hardware companies, and data fiduciaries -- who process and are responsible for managing and safeguarding user data -- under the jurisdiction of Bangladesh’s courts,” said Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, special assistant to the chief adviser for telecom and ICT, at a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka.

“In other words, this law has established a legal

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