Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) was due to take effect on January 1, 2013, but the law is still not in force due to legal formalities. Despite its impending introduction ...

Malaysia’s newly released Cross Border ... clarify the conditions set out under Section 129 of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (“PDPA”), and assist data controllers in determining ...

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What is it? The PDPA governs data usage and its security in Malaysia. It was tabled in 2010 and gazetted the same year, but only implemented in 2013. The act is enforced by the Personal Data ...

A clause in the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) which excludes its ... Abu Bakar Munir of Universiti Malaya’s law faculty said Malaysia and Singapore are the only countries in the ...

Key highlights proposed in the draft PDPL include (this is not a comprehensive list): Significant changes to Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) were recently passed via the ...

CyberSecurity Malaysia Chief Executive Officer Datuk ... of data beyond what is outlined in the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2010. "While the PDPA focuses on personal data, this Act ...

The topic titled “Amendment of Personal Data Protection Act'' was debated heatedly by 20 debaters from all over Malaysia. The session was moderated by the Assistant Director at Institute of ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709) are expected to be tabled in the next Dewan Rakyat sitting, which will commence in October. Communications and ...

The government is excluded from the Act though ... have made government agencies exempt from any data protection laws, such as neighboring Malaysia. But he noted Singapore might be swayed to ...