Foong Cheng Leong | Articles
I am an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and a registered trade mark, industrial designs and patent agent. I am also the author of the books, Compendium of Malaysian Intellectual Property Cases consisting of two (2) volumes, namely, trade marks and copyright and industrial designs, and Foong’s Malaysia Cyber, Electronic Evidence and Information Technology Law.
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Personal Data Protection Act 2010: Our details are worth protecting
I was quoted by Rakyat Post in their article “Personal Data Protection Act 2010: Our details are worth protecting. Personal Data Protection Act 2010: Our details are worth protecting The Personal Data Protection Act 2010 intends to protect personal data and stop it from being distributed. THE Personal Data Protection Act 2010 is necessary because…
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Proposal Papers – Guideline on Compliance for Personal Data Protection Act and Guide on the Management of Employee Data Under Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2010
The Malaysia Personal Data Protection Commissioner (Commissioner) has published two (2) proposal papers namely:- (1) Guideline on Compliance for Personal Data Protection Act [No 2/2013]; and (2) Guide on the Management of Employee Data Under Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2010 [No 3/2013]. The Proposal Paper No 2/2014 sets out the proposed steps to be…
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Guide to complete the Form 15 (Registration of Data User) pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010
Commencing from January 2016, all data user registrations are done via online at http://daftar.pdp.gov.my This is a guide I wrote for lawyers on how to complete the Data User Registration Form (Form 15) Guide to complete the Form 15 (Registration of Data User) pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 As stated by the…
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Guide in Dealing with Direct Marketing under Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2010
The Personal Data Protection Commissioner has issued the Proposal Paper [No .1/2014] – Guide in Dealing with Direct Marketing under Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2010. The Commissioner has invited feedback and opinion in respect of the matters raised in the Proposal Paper and shall be submitted before 20 February 2014. Download: Proposal Paper
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Enforcement of the Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010
The Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010 is now in force effective from 15 January 2014 [P.U. (B) 12/2014] The Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010 provides for the registration and regulation of persons carrying on a credit reporting business that involves the processing of credit information of any person, who may either be individuals, bodies corporate…
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New Chinese Trademark Law to be implemented on May 1, 2014
Published with permission of Eagle IP Ltd, a Hong Kong and Chinese IP Firm. The Chinese Government announced that the 3rd amendment to the 1982 Trademark Law, passed by the 12th meeting of The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, will be implemented as of May 1, 2014. Below are some major highlights: Multi-class…