Beginning on September 1, 2019, all Singapore private sector organizations will be banned from collecting, using or releasing all national identity cards, copies or their numbers unless required under law or deemed necessary to verify an individual’s identity. If organizations violate the rules under the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA), they could face
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Regulations Released Implementing Malaysian Data Protection Act
By Cynthia O’Donoghue on
The Minister of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (the Minister) has announced by Gazette that Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (the PDPA) will finally take effect as of 15 November 2013, introducing a privacy regime in Malaysia for the first time. To accompany this announcement, a series of regulations have been issued to…