SINCE the implementation of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA Act 2010) on Nov 15, 2013, there has been continued confusion not only in the corporate sector but also public entities in both appreciating the objectives and purposes of the Act.
On the public sector level, the sale of data issue raised by deputy minister Ching Sin Woon in “Ministry probes sale of database” (The Star, Dec 31) is another case in point when he said that data/database containing private details of students cannot be sold to the private sector.
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