Personal Data Protection Act Malaysia 2010

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Personal data protection act malaysia 2010. The malaysia government gazetted the personal data protection act 2010 pdpa which came into force on 15 november 2013 with the aim of regulating the collection storage processing and the use of personal data. Companies in the hotel and education sector as well as an employment agency have been fine up to rm 20 000 for breach of the pdpa. Aras 6 kompleks kementerian komunikasi dan multimedia lot 4g9 persiaran perdana presint 4 pusat pentadbiran kerajaan persekutuan 62100 putrajaya malaysia. The personal data protection act 2010 pdpa is an act that regulates the processing of personal data in regards to commercial transactions.

It was gazetted in june 2010. Department of personal data protection. The main responsibility of this department is to oversee the processing of personal data of individuals involved in commercial transactions by user data that is not misused and misapplied by the parties concerned. Jabatan perlindungan data peribadi.

Access to over 20 cross border charts search across 14 000 documents daily alerts and worldwide coverage of the latest privacy developments and more. The penalty for non compliance is between rm100k to 500k and or between 1 to 3 years imprisonment. Laws of malaysia act 709 personal data protection act 2010 an act to regulate the processing of personal data in commercial transactions and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. Best viewed with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.

Industry specific legislation in respect to data protection existed in the banking and finance healthcare and telecommunications industries amongst others. In may 2010 the personal data protection act 2010 pdpa was passed by the malaysian parliament and received royal assent in june 2010. Personal data protection act 2010. 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.

Personal data protection act 2010. B 464 2013 enacted by the parliament of malaysia as follows. Malaysia s personal data protection act 2010 comprises of the following principles. 03 8911 7959 emel.

The pdpa came into force on 15 november 2013 with a three month grace period ending on 14 february 2014. P art i preliminary. The personal data protection department is now actively enforcing the pdpa. 03 8911 7959 emel.

Anyone who breaches any of the above principles will be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand ringging myr300 000 and or a jail term not exceeding two years. Data users should therefore ensure that there is full compliance with all the requirements under the pdpa and its subsidiary legislation including the personal data protection regulation and the personal data protection. 03 8000 8000 faks. 03 8000 8000 faks.