Section 3(1) of Personal Data Protection Act 20101(“the Act“) provides that “This Act shall not apply to the Federal Government and State Government”. So, what do Federal Government and State Government mean in this context?Section 3 of Interpretation Acts 1948 and 19672(“I...
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...
The Japan Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) is a legal provision designed to protect the personal data of Japanese citizens. The APPI sets out the key obligations for how businesses and organizations mustprotect, store, and manage the data they collect. In this guide, we'...
The Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), passed by the Malaysian Parliament in 2010, has affected many aspects of life in Malaysia, including employment. Storage of data by employers is rampant. Management, as the data user, is duty bound to safeguard the employees' data according to the ...
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 ...
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...
1.4.2We process your Personal Information when it is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest pursued by us or a third party (when these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights), e.g., when we need to understand your usage of our website and interaction with...
ThePersonalDataProtectionAct(PDPA)doesnotapplytoFederalandStateGovernments; non-commercialtransactions;personal,familyandhouseholdaffairs;creditreferenceagencies; personaldataprocessedoutsideofMalaysia(unlessthedataisintendedtobefurther processedinMalaysia).
We take these security measures to protect your personal data: 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(...
April 2021 VOL.44 Amendments to Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) – 1 February 2021 Introduction Aimed at strengthening Singapore's data privacy regime, the Singapore Parliament passed major changes to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) on 2 November 2020. This brings the law...