THE STAR - KUALA LUMPUR: A new department is being established under the Information, Communication and Culture Ministry to oversee the implementation of the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010, scheduled to be enforced early next year.
Deputy Minister Datuk Joseph Salang said the new department was expected to start operating by next year or earlier.
“As you know, to establish the department, we need to do everything right and this will take time,” he told reporters after the launch of the Information Security Summit here yesterday.
He said there was an urgent need for the Government to establish personal data protection laws as there were currently 17 million Internet users in the country.
“The more than 58% of household broadband penetration in the country is also a factor for drawing up the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act.
“Prior to the implementation of this Act, personal data is only bound by contractual agreement or common law,” he said, adding that the legislation would significantly alter the way personal data was collected, processed, stored and transmitted between individuals and commercial organisations in Malaysia.
“The people will be able to dictate how their data is used by a third party as well as have clearly defined rights to access and correct their personal data.
“I admit that our digital infrastructure is still at its infancy and years behind the more mature infrastructure of digital goliaths, such as the United States.
“But our digital infrastructure has a sound foundation through the establishment of the Multimedia Super Corridor and is reinforced by the Government's commitment to continually improve and upgrade our system through cooperation and smart partnership with the private sector,” he said. - Bernama
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