ODPEM completes transfer of Support Jamaica website from Amber

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is reporting that it has now completed the process of taking full ownership of the Support Jamaica website, which was used by the Government to raise over $1 billion in Hurricane Melissa donations, from the private developer, adding that the site’s data remains secure.

Concerns were raised in June after ODPEM Director General Commander Alvin Gayle told a meeting of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee that the website was owned by Amber Innovations Limited.

It was also disclosed by Gayle that both Amber and the agency have access to the donor information on the website.