Amendments to Personal Data Protection Act in final stages, says Deputy Comms Minister


KUALA LUMPUR: Amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709) is in its final stages and will be tabled early next year, says Deputy Communications and Digital Minister Teo Nie Ching.

"We are in the final stages of preparing a Bill to amend Act 709 and will look at tabling the Bill during next year's Dewan Rakyat session in March," she said when replying to Datuk Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah in Parliament on Thursday (Oct 12).

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