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  "title": "Micronesia (FSM) - Constitutional Privacy Rights and Pacific Islands Forum Data Protection Framework",
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  "bluf": "The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is an independent nation in the western Pacific Ocean governed under a federal constitutional system established by the Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia (1978). The FSM Constitution establishes fundamental rights including the right to privacy and freedom from unreasonable searches and intrusions into personal privacy and correspondence. FSM entered into a Compact of Free Association with the United States; however, the Compact provides for US defense obligations and economic assistance and does not extend US federal law to the FSM - the FSM exercises full sovereignty over its own legal and regulatory affairs. The Department of Transportation, Communications and Infrastructure (DOTCI) oversees telecommunications and ICT services in the FSM. FSM does not have a standalone comprehensive personal data protection law. The applicable framework for personal data protection in the FSM consists of the constitutional privacy rights established by the FSM Constitution, Pacific Islands Forum regional guidelines on cybersecurity and data protection, and common law privacy principles. Organisations processing personal data in the FSM must respect constitutional privacy rights, implement appropriate security measures to protect personal data from unauthorised access and disclosure, and limit the collection and use of personal data to specified, legitimate purposes. As a Pacific Islands Forum member and Commonwealth of Nations observer, FSM participates in regional frameworks for cybersecurity and data governance.",
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