Foong Cheng Leong

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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.

  • Seminar on Personal Data Protection Act in Malaysia

    I will be speaking at the Chartered Secretaries of Malaysia training event on 26 April 2012 and 1 August 2012. Note: I’m no longer with Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill To sign up, please goto MAISCA’s website to register.

  • My Neighbour Is Spying On Me!

    In the recent LoyarBurok “Msia I Can Series: The Right To Your Privacy” on BFM Radio, which I have been reliably informed is one of the top hit links on BFM, I told a story about neighbours fighting over CCTVs which faced a neighbour’s house. In the case of Lew Cher Phow @ Lew Cha Paw & 11…

  • BFM Podcast: Msia I Can Series: The Right To Your Privacy

    This is my podcast from my live radio interview on

  • Computing Professionals Bill 2011 – Latest Update

    The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) recently announced the concerns on Computing Professionals Bill 2011 highlighted by relevant stakeholders. The major issues of concern raised were: (i) Clear definition of the powers of the Board and interpretation of the terms in the Bill; (ii) Defining the rules and regulations of the Bill; (iii)…

  • Enforcement of the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (2)

    In our earlier blog entry entitled, “Enforcement of the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010“, we mentioned that the Personal Data Protection Department stated that “it is best for us to wait for the Minister to make the announcement on the enforcement of the Act and notify in the Gazette”. We recently came across a…

  • Date of Operation of Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012

    The Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012 will be in operation on 1 March 2012.

  • Enforcement of the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010

    In our earlier blog entry, we mentioned that Bernama reported that the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) will be enforced in June 2012 but this may not be correct in view of the Director General of Personal Data Protection Department’s (PDPD) statement. We sought clarification with the PDPD and the PDPD informed us that…

  • Proposal to have privacy officer to implement data protection law

    KUALA LUMPUR: New Zealand’s Assistant Privacy Commissioner Katrine Evans has suggested that Malaysia have privacy officers to implement the data protection law. She said a privacy officer is the person in an agency who can understand its business and, at the same time, help the agency get it right in handling personal information. “I don’t…

  • Protecting your personal data

    By DATUK SERI DR RAIS YATIM At long last, we now have a venue to bring up grouses about our personal data being given away without our knowledge – the Personal Data Protection Department, which was officially launched on Thursday. ISSUES related to Personal Data Protection have been dabbled with for a long time in…

  • Seminar for awareness of personal data protection 2012

    The Personal Data Protection Department of Malaysia (PDPD) (Jabatan Perlindungan Data Peribadi Malaysia) held the above event on 9 February 2012 at Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. In this seminar, Tuan Haji Abu Hassan Ismail, the Director General of the PDPD announced that the enforcement date of the Personal Data Protection 2010 (PDPA) will be…