by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Mar 23, 2020 | Corporate, Personal Data Protection
The COVID-19 outbreak saw employers in the private sector taking active steps to prevent an outbreak in the workspace, including mandating that employees sign a health declaration form, checking the employees body temperature of arriving employees, checking on the...
by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Jan 21, 2020 | Personal Data Protection
With the benefit of hindsight, the second half of 2019 proved to be a tumultuous time for Malaysian businesses when it came to security of the personal data of their customers. In Q3 of 2019 alone, we saw the news below making headlines in Malaysian news outlets: The...
by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Dec 2, 2019 | Personal Data Protection
Collecting, Processing and Transfer of Personal Data in Malaysia: When and How? Almost all businesses would have to deal with collection, processing and transfer of personal data at some point in the business. Under Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010...
by Donovan & Ho | Nov 9, 2018 | Personal Data Protection
As mentioned in our previous article, the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) apply to organizations that control or process personal data of subjects in the European Union. We have written various articles on the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 of Malaysia...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 16, 2018 | Personal Data Protection
From Cambridge Analytica’s alleged hijacking of 87 million Facebook users’ data, to something even closer to home, being Lowyat’s news expose of local telco’s database of 46 million mobile phone numbers and Astro’s IPTV customer details being made available for sale...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 3, 2018 | Corporate, Personal Data Protection
If you are unsure of what the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) are and how they affect you or your business, read on! In this article, we intend to cover the basics of the GDPR that will hopefully give you a better idea of the breadth of its application...
