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Malaysia’s data protection landscape has recently undergone a profound transformation, with the phased implementation of the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2024 (“PDPA Amendment”) and the official launch of the...more
Malaysia issued a regulatory guideline for data breach notification in February 2025. This article discusses how the new regulation affects businesses in Malaysia. On 25 February 2025, Malaysia's Personal Data Protection...more
Malaysia introduced a mandatory data protection officer appointment in February 2025. We discuss the implications of this new regulatory requirement for businesses operating in Malaysia....more
Following Malaysia’s introduction of data breach notification and data protection officer (“DPO”) appointment requirements in last year’s significant amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) (click here for our...more
It’s the turn of South-East Asian countries to update their data protection laws. Here is our summary of the proposed new data protection laws in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. Organisations are advised to update their data...more
Malaysia is in the process of updating its Personal Data Protection Act to align more closely with laws in other jurisdictions. The law was originally passed in 2010 and then modified this year. As part of the modification...more
The Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2024 (“PDPB”) was at last passed by the Malaysian Parliament at the end of July. After Royal Assent and publishing, it will become law (on a date to be determined by the Minister...more
Additional Categories under the Self-Employment Social Security Fund - New Order or Decree - The First Schedule to the Self-Employment Social Security Act 2017 will be amended effective January 1, 2020, to include...more
Malaysia will soon be joining the growing number of global jurisdictions that are adding specific data breach notification requirements to companies operating in Malaysia, re-emphasizing the need for multinational companies...more
Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Commissioner (the "Commissioner") has issued a Public Consultation Paper (PCP) No. 1/2017 entitled Personal Data Protection (Transfer Of Personal Data To Places Outside Malaysia) Order 2017...more