Deepak Pillai, a data protection practitioner with the firm Christopher and Lee Ong, stated that while the recently improved Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) could encourage better compliance among data users and controllers, its effectiveness remains to be seen. Deepak stressed the need for the establishment of a Personal Data Protection Commission, as it would function more effectively with greater independence and accountability. “That is why we only have a Personal Data Protection Department at the moment. He praised the new requirement for data controllers to be responsible for sensitive personal data and to report breaches promptly. The Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2024 was passed by the Dewan Rakyat on July 16 and by the Dewan Negara on July 31.

Source: The Star August 06, 2024 05:09 UTC