Personal Data Protection Act Malaysia Employee
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Personal data protection act malaysia employee. 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. 1 1 the personal data protection act 2010 the act was passed by the parliament of malaysia for the purpose of regulating the processing of personal data in commercial transactions. Personal data protection act 2010. Requirements of the personal data protection act 2010 hereinafter referred to as the.
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. Laws of malaysia pdpa personal data protection act 2010. P art i preliminary. It is interesting to note that on 14 february 2020 a public consultation paper no.
However personal data protection while related is still a much different creature from privacy rights. Industry specific legislation in respect to data protection existed in the banking and finance healthcare and telecommunications industries amongst others. 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. Personal data protection act 2010.
The act came into force on 15 november 2013. B 464 2013 enacted by the parliament of malaysia as follows. Earlier in the year the malaysian personal data protection department prepared a proposal paper paper to act as a guide on the management of employee data under the malaysian personal data protection act pdpa. The government of malaysia has notified the personal data protection act pdpa 2010.
The pdpa applies to any person who processes and has control over the processing of personal data in respect of commercial. Some key takeaways from the paper. Department of personal data protection aras 6 kompleks kementerian komunikasi dan multimedia lot 4g9 persiaran perdana presint 4 pusat. Key acts regulations directives bills primary legislation prior to 2010 the regulation of personal data was governed mainly by industry specific legislation.
The closest we have is the personal data protection act 2010 pdpa which regulates how personal data can be collected processed and used. To reorganize the practices and process the respective work areas to support data protection in line with personal data protection act 2010 3.