The Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2024, which was passed by the Malaysian Parliament earlier in July, has received royal assent and has been published in the Federal Gazette as the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2024 (“Amendment Act”) on 17 October 2024.
However, the Amendment Act has not yet come into force. It will take effect on a later date to be appointed by the Digital Minister. There is a possibility that different provisions of the Amendment Act may come into force on different dates, as appointed by the Digital Minister.
With the Amendment Act now gazetted, this indicates that its official enforcement is forthcoming. Businesses should start taking steps to review their internal data protection policies and practices to ensure compliance with the new changes introduced by the Amendment Act.
For more information about the key changes introduced by the Amendment Act as well as ancillary upcoming developments related to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (“PDPA”), please refer to our Legal Update here.
We will continue to provide updates on any further developments related to the PDPA as well as the Amendment Act.
This Alert is issued by the Contact Partners from the Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Data Privacy & Protection Practice Group whose contact details are set out on the right column of this page.