Personal Data Protection Act Malaysia Penalty

It was gazetted in june 2010.

Personal data protection act malaysia penalty. 5 see section 129 1 of the personal data protection act 2010 act 709 of malaysia. This update is provided to you for general information and should not be relied upon as legal advice. The personal data protection act 2010 pdpa is an act that regulates the processing of personal data in regards to commercial transactions. Personal data protection act 2010.

Personal data protection act 2010. 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. In early may 2017 a company in the educational industry was charged under the personal data protection act 2010 pdpa for processing the personal data of former employees without a certificate of registration if convicted the maximum penalty is a fine of rm500 000 or up to three years in jail or both. The penalty for non compliance is between rm100k to 500k and or between 1 to 3 years imprisonment.

Add the following three tags to your body. B 464 2013 enacted by the parliament of malaysia as follows. Personal data protection act pdpa 2010 an overview malaysia has recently implemented its own version of the personal data protection act pdpa 2010. The act came into force on 15 november 2013.

The penalty for breaching the personal data protection principles set out under the pdpa is the imposition of a fine not exceeding rm 300 000 usd 1 rm 3 80 and or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years. Department of personal data protection aras 6 kompleks kementerian komunikasi dan multimedia lot 4g9 persiaran perdana presint 4 pusat. 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. Laws of malaysia pdpa personal data protection act 2010.

This will have many implications for companies engaging in digital marketing. 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. Notwithstanding this penalty the pdpa also provides for other more stringent penalties in respect of other offences among others listed below. The personal data protection department is now actively enforcing the pdpa.

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.