Thailand gets ready for data protection law
Thailand has joined Singapore and Malaysia in Southeast Asia to enact a personal data protection law to protect the privacy rights of individuals.
The country’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), modelled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will come into effect on 27 May 2020.
Among other provisions, the PDPA also requires organisations to seek consent to collect personal data, with data owners given the right to revoke access to their data at any time.
Aaron Tan
