Privacy Policy

No person shall be obligated or permitted to disclose the name or address of a person who makes a complaint under subsection 37(1) or state any matter which may lead to the identity of such person being known.

Subsection 37(1): Any person may orally or in writing, make a complaint, give information on, or notify the Commission about, a matter which involves or may involve, an act of corruption or non-compliance with the provisions of the Act.

Until the tabling in Parliament of a report under Section 36 all matters under investigation by the Director of Investigation or any other person involved in such investigation shall be kept confidential and no report or public statement shall be made by the Commission or any other person in relation to the initiation or conduct of an investigation under this Act.

Section 36(1): The Commission may, at any time, be required by either House of Parliament to investigate a matter relating to an act of corruption and table a report thereon.

1. Subject to Section 42(3)(b) (which requires the Commission to publish a summary of the declarations of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the Gazette), every person having an official duty or being employed under this Act or otherwise concerned in the administration of the Act (hereinafter called a concerned person) shall regard and deal with as secret and confidential, all information, declarations, government contracts, prescribed licences and all other matters relating to any matter before the Commission, except that no disclosure made by the Commission or other concerned person in the proceedings for an offence under this Act or under the Perjury Act, by virtue of section 17(2) of that Act, shall be deemed inconsistent with any duty imposed by this subsection.

2. The obligation as to the secrecy and confidentiality imposed by this section, in relation to any documents, or information obtained under this Act continues to apply to a person despite the person having ceased to have an official duty, be employed or otherwise concerned in the administration of this Act.

This Schedule, along with Section 57, binds the Commissioners, the Executive Director, Directors, and Staff Members of the Commission, under Oath, to treat as secret and confidential any information or document directly or indirectly communicated to him/her in the performance of his/her assigned functions under the Act.

Every person receiving, investigating or otherwise dealing with a disclosure under this Act shall regard and deal with as secret and confidential:

1. The identity of the employee making the disclosure and any disclosure made; and

2. Any statement given, or document, information or thing provided, to the person in the carrying out of an investigation except that any statement given, or document information or thing provided, given in furtherance of an investigation or any legal or disciplinary proceedings shall not be regarded as being inconsistent with the obligation for secrecy and confidentiality.

You have the right to be informed whether, and to what extent, we process your data. Subject to certain exceptions, you have the right to obtain a confirmation as to whether we process your personal identifiable information, and if we do, request access to your data.

You have the right to consent to the processing of your personal identifiable information. If your personal data is processed based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal identifiable information in certain situations.

You have the right to object to decisions based exclusively on the automated processing of your personal identifiable information.

If the personal identifiable information that we process is incomplete or incorrect, you have the right to request their completion or correction at any time.

A unique user account created for you to access and use our digital properties.

The Integrity Commission Act, 2017

An item of property owned by a person regarded as having value in or outside of Jamaica. (Examples: house, car, cash, equivalent, goodwill, art work, intellectual properties)

This is a digital property solely owned and operated by the Commission and is called the Contracts Cost Overruns and Variations.

This is:

1. a natural person or individual under eighteen (“18”) years of age; or
2. a natural person or individual who is a son or daughter of any age

This refers to the Integrity Commission, 3^rd to 6^th Floors, Sagicor SIGMA Building, 63-67 Knutsford Blvd, Kingston 5, Saint Andrew, Jamaica, W.I. and is a body corporate established pursuant to the Integrity Commission Act, 2017.

These are small files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by a website or Internet-based application, containing details of your browsing history on that particular website or Internet-based application.

Any disclosure of information made by an employee, regarding any conduct of an employer of that employee or another employee of that employer, where the employee has a reasonable belief that the information disclosed shows or tends to show that improper conduct has occurred, is occurring or is likely to occur, and “disclose” shall be construed similarly.

The Director of Corruption Prosecution at the Commission

The Director of Corruption Prevention at the Commission

The Director of Investigations at the Commission

The Director of Information and Complaints at the Commission

The statutory declaration required to be filed by all Parliamentarians and public officials which contains information about his/her assets, liabilities and income pursuant to Section 39 and 40 of the Integrity Commission Act, 2017.

A website, application, platform or service operated and owned by us that may be displayed on various online, mobile, or other electronic platforms and environments, including those operated by third parties, which permits us to interact directly with you.

The Data Protection Act, 2020.

The person appointed by the Integrity Commission who is responsible for monitoring, in an independent manner, the Integrity Commission’s compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act, 2020.

This is a digital property solely owned and operated by the Commission and is called the electronic Declarations System

An electronic mail or message distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network.

Any –

1. criminal offence;
2. failure to carry out a legal obligation;
3. conduct that is likely to result in a miscarriage of justice;
4. conduct that is likely to threaten the health or safety of a person;
5. conduct that is likely to threaten or damage the environment;
6. conduct that shows gross mismanagement, impropriety or misconduct in the carrying out of any activity that involves the use of public funds;
7. act of reprisal against or victimization of an employee;
8. conduct that tends to show unfair discrimination on the basis of gender, race, place of origin, social class, color, religion, or political opinion; or
9. willful concealment of any act described in paragraphs (a) to (h) above.

Amounts received for work, or through investments in or outside of Jamaica, profits made on the sale of assets or monetary gifts etc.

The appointed Regulator in Jamaica for data protection and privacy pursuant to the Data Protection Act, 2020.

An amount owed to a supplier, bank, lender, or other provider of goods, services, or loans in or outside of Jamaica.
(Examples: mortgage, credit cards etc.)

Any act or omission that results in an employee, in relation to his employment, being –

1. subject to disciplinary action;
2. dismissed, suspended or demoted;
3. harassed, intimidated, or victimized;
4. transferred against his will;
5. refused transfer or promotion;
6. subject to a term or condition of employment or retirement from employment, that is altered to his disadvantage;
7. provided with an adverse reference;
8. denied appointment to any employment, profession or office;
9. threatened with any of the actions specified in paragraphs (a) to (h); or
10. otherwise adversely affected in respect of his employment, profession or office, including employment opportunities and job security.

The Protected Disclosures Act, 2011

This is a digital property solely owned and operated by the Commission and is called the Prescribed Licences Information Database.

Information (however stored) relating to:

1. a living individual; or
2. an individual who has been deceased for less than thirty years, who can be identified from that information alone or from that information and other information in the possession of, or likely to come into the possession of, the data controller; and
3. includes any expression of opinion about that individual and any indication of the intentions of the data controller or any other person in respect of that individual.

A member of the House of Representative or a member of the Senate.

The obtaining, recording, or storing information or personal data, or carrying out any operation or set of operations (whether or not by automated means) on the information or data, including:

1. organization, adaptation, or alteration of information or data;
2. retrieving, consulting, or using information or data;
3. disclosing information or data by transmitting, disseminating, or otherwise making it available; or
4. aligning, combining, blocking, erasing, or destroying information or data, or rendering data anonymous.

Any person who:

1. holds an executive, an administrative or a judicial office, or a parliamentarian, whether appointed or elected, whether permanent or temporary, or whether paid or unpaid;
2. is employed to a public body; and
3. is any member of the Security Forces, that is: the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Jamaica Defence Force and the Rural Police.

Public officials required to file a declaration are:

1. those in receipt of total emoluments of Twelve Million Dollars (J$ 12,000,000.00) and above per annum;
2. those required by notice published in the Jamaica Gazette Vol. CXLVI No. 39 dated Wednesday December 20, 2023; or
3. those requested in writing by the Commission.

This is a digital property solely owned and operated by the Commission and is called the Quarterly Contract Awards.

Any natural or legal person who processes personal identifiable information on behalf of the Commission. It refers to third-party companies or individuals contracted by the Commission to facilitate, provide, or perform a service related to eDS.

A session starts when you launch a website or an Internet-based application and ends when you leave the website or close your browser window.

Includes:

1. your husband or wife as duly married or partnered under Jamaican law;
2. in relation to a single man, a single woman who, for a period of not less than five (5) years, has cohabited with the single man as if she were in law his wife; and
3. in relation to a single woman, a single man who, for a period of not less than five (5) years, has cohabited with the single woman as if he were in law her husband
4. spouse who is or was living separately and apart from you throughout the period in relation to which the declaration is made.

This is a digital property solely owned and operated by the Commission and is called the Integrity Commission Survey Platform.

This is:

1. a digital property solely owned and operated by the Commission and is called the Integrity Commission Website; or
2. a group of World Wide Web pages usually containing links to each other and made available online by an individual, company, or organization.

Any natural person or individual who is a Jamaican citizen, public official, staff or employee of the Commission or who interacts or has any interaction with us in any way.