Its key features are definitions of both direct and indirect personal data and the rights of data owners to access their information, as well as to stop the use of that data and to delete it. As for data controllers, their responsibility is to ensure that storage and use of personal data are done with full and proper consent from the owners and that personal data are deleted after a specific time period. The bill requires data processors, meanwhile, to comply with rules and regulations on storage and use of personal data, while ensuring there are appropriate security precautions in place. The users’ devices contain a massive amount of personal data that is vulnerable to abuse by cyber-criminals and unscrupulous businesspeople. The commission will have to work with the Data Protection Knowledge Centre to boost public awareness on this issue.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 24, 2018 18:00 UTC