Organisational Guide For Processing Covid-19 Data Under the Malaysia PDPA Your Questions Answered
Organisations may collect the body temperature readings of their employees, visitors, contractors or third party consultants on site to protect the health and safety of all individuals at the workplace as required under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (“OSHA”)
Benefits of Outsourcing Data Privacy Officer to a Global Data Consultancy
When you choose to work with outsourced DPO providers, you don’t have to invest in additional compliance and legal resources and training. The DPO specialists will provide all the resources to deliver, the data protection coverage with your company needs.
The Importance of Data Security in Manufacturing: Cyber-attacks and Their Repercussions
The manufacturing industry is now one of the most frequently hacked industries, coming second only to healthcare, according to IBM’s Cyber Security Intelligence Index. The vulnerability often lies in businesses believing that they’re not likely targets because they don’t hold vast amounts of consumer data and therefore, they don’t concentrate on cybersecurity Manufacturing is […]
How To Build a Global Data Privacy Strategy for Your Business
Bespoke customer experiences, automated business processing, and data science-driven insights all depend on the quality and volume of your collected data. That is why your Global data privacy strategy must be more than a policy built on ethics. Why is a global data privacy strategy important? In a recent PwC survey, 94 per cent of […]
Malaysia PDPA vs. GDPR: A Quick Breakdown
In this article, we give you a quick breakdown of some of the essentials in EU’s GDPR and Malaysia’s PDPA regulations, in order to help you understand key differences, and how it may affect your businesses within Malaysia and beyond. When we talk about Malaysia PDPA vs. GDPR, the objective of both legislations is to […]
Knowing the Obligations of Data Controllers & Processors for Malaysia PDPA
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] The personal data protection act was passed in Malaysia in May 2010 by the Malaysian Parliament to safeguard the personal data of ‘data subjects’ that businesses deal with on a daily basis. Under the law, data processors and […]
Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act 2010 – Data Controller Contracts and more (Part 3)
In Part 2 of the series, we discussed the seven key principles under the Malaysian PDPA 2010. The final article focuses on data controller contracts, data subject rights, data transfers and how breach reporting can be done in the Health and Financial sector. Data Processor / Controller and Contracts It should be noted that the […]
Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act 2010 – 7 Key Principles (Part 2) What You Need to Know
Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act 2010 – 7 Key Principles (Part 2) and where authority lies and the sectors must register. We also briefly touched upon the seven underlying principles of the act. In the second part, we’re going to discuss those seven key principles in detail, which Malaysian businesses (referred to as data user) must […]
The Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act 2010 – All you need to know (Part 1)
The Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) of 2010 was introduced and implemented on November 15, 2013. It sets out a complete cross-sectoral framework to protect individuals’ personal data regarding commercial transactions. This article is the first of three and covers an introduction to PDPA 2010 law, its underlying scope and definitions, where PDPA authority […]
