Personal Data Protection Act Malaysia 2020

Communications and multimedia minister gobind singh deo says there are shortcomings in the personal data protection act.

Personal data protection act malaysia 2020. The malaysian personal data protection commissioner commissioner has recently issued public consultation paper no. Pc 01 2020 review of personal data protection act 2010 personal data protection department kkmm 3 ii fill in your particulars in part ii. Putrajaya still studying need to amend personal data protection act dewan rakyat told wednesday 26 aug 2020 12 59 pm myt deputy communications and multimedia minister datuk zahidi zainul abidin is pictured at parliament in kuala lumpur august 3 2020. Participation this public consultation is open to anyone who has the interest to get involved.

30 10 2020 best viewed using google chrome version 57 0 mozilla. Key acts regulations directives bills primary legislation prior to 2010 the regulation of personal data was governed mainly by industry specific legislation. As part of an ongoing review of the personal data protection act 2010 pdpa the personal data protection commissioner commissioner of the ministry of communications and multimedia malaysia has issued public consultation paper no. 01 2020 review of personal data protection act 2010 was issued by the pdp commissioner which sought to inter alia review the transfer of personal data provisions including whether guidelines on the implementation of cross border data transfer will be issued with regard to the exchange of personal data with.

Industry specific legislation in respect to data protection existed in the banking and finance healthcare and telecommunications industries amongst others. Date of update. Personal data protection act personal data protection department pdpd is. Personal data protection department pdpd is an agency under the ministry of communications and multimedia commission mcmc was established on may 16 2011 after the parliament passed the bill relating to the personal data protection act 2010 pdpa of act 709.

1 2020 pcp which aims to collect feedback on the commissioner s proposal to update the personal data protection act 2010 pdpa the pcp proposes the following. Personal data privacy in malaysia and ensure. It is interesting to note that on 14 february 2020 a public consultation paper no. 2 access page my calendar.

1 for the purposes of regulation 9 1 b a recipient of an individual s personal data in a country or territory outside singapore is taken to be bound by legally enforceable obligations to provide a standard of protection for the transferred personal data that is at least comparable to the protection under the act if the recipient holds a specified certification that is granted or. In may 2010 the personal data protection act.