A Guide to Litigating Identity Systems c) Justice Batts of the Jamaican Supreme Court holds that the envisioned Jamaican identity system’s mechanism for disclosure of data to police lacks adequate protections and safeguards.140 Justice Batts would require any mechanism for disclosing data to security services to include an opportunity to be heard by the individual affected and a limitation on the time period for which data can be retained.141 140 Opinion of Justice Batts, ¶ 366. 141 Opinion of Justice Batts, ¶ 366. 35

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