Personal Data Protection Act 2010 and Tort Law Currently, there is no express right provided within the Act to aggrieved data subjects to pursue a civil claim for breaches under the Act against the government. Nonetheless, they may still rely on the Tort of Negligence and proceed ...
To date, there is not any official report or study concerning this issue in Malaysia. The purpose of the research was to assess the out-put of the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010 through evaluating the privacy policies of the Banks and Financial Institutions. In this qualitative ...
While it is commendable that the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (‘PDPA’) was finally passed by the Malaysian parliament after a long wait of a decade, the PDPA has received several criticisms due to its peculiar limitations. This chapter addresses many of these limitations and draws comparat...
MSM Malaysia Holdings Berhad (“MSM”) is on exercise in complying with the Personal Data Protection Act 2010. The Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (“PDPA”) is an Act that is passed by the Malaysian government to regulate the processing of personal data in a commercial transaction. To comp...
The Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2024, which was passed by the Malaysian Parliament earlier in July, has received royal assent and has been published in the Federal Gazette as the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2024 (“Amendment Act”) on 17 October 2024. However, the ...
By ensuring that your personal data is kept as required by the Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) By ensuring that our employees / contractors are not misusing your personal data By performing contract(s) / agreement(s) with our service provider(s). Nevertheless, you are require...
Three insurance bodies have launched a Code of Practice on Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), which aims to boost consumer confidence in the integrity of the insurance and takaful industry. The code is an initiative of the Life Insurance Association of Malaysia (LIAM), General Insurance Associat...
The Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), which regulates the processing of personal data in commercial transactions, applies to Zurich General Insurance Malaysia Berhad ("hereinafter referred to as "the Company"). More Definitions of Personal Data Protection Per...
On 15 November 2013, the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) came into force in Malaysia with the objective of protecting the personal data of individuals with respect to commercial transactions. Frequently asked questions: What is PDPA?
The Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) does not apply to Federal and State Governments; non-commercial transactions; personal, family and household affairs; credit reference agencies; personal data processed outside of Malaysia (unless the data is intended to be further processed in Malaysia).The ...