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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Worried About Your Data While Using Gerak Malaysia? We Asked A Lawyer About It
I was interviewed by The Rakyat Post on the use of the Malaysian Government’s mobile application “Gerak Malaysia” which was introduced to allow Malaysians to apply for permission to travel between states during the Movement Control Order, among others. An excerpt (with modification) from the article is reproduced below). What do you think of the…
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Don’t misuse private info in Covid-19 apps, Putrajaya urged
I was quoted by FreeMalaysiaToday regarding the collection of data by the Government through from people using official mobile application aimed at efforts to curb Covid-19. I said- A lawyer specialising in privacy laws has urged the government to regulate the collection of data from people using official apps for mobile phones aimed at efforts…
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BFM Podcast: IS THE WORLD READY FOR ONLINE VOTING?
A “coding issue” resulted in the malfunctioning of a mobile app that was used to transmit and formulate the results of the Iowa caucus. A tech expert joins us to talk about what goes into the building and execution of an online voting system. Produced by: Tasha Fusil, Lee Chwi LynnPresented by: Lee Chwi Lynn,…
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Public Consultation Paper No 01/2020 – Review of Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709) [14 – 28 February 2020]
Personal Data Protection Commissioner has issued the above consultation paper on 14 February 2020 to obtain feedback on the proposed amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010. Notably, the Commissioner is intending to introduce a data breach notification requirement, civil action against data user, right of data user to make first direct marketing call…
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Introducing Lexscout!
Lexscout is a new legal information service provider in Malaysia. It is a result of a joint venture between Burgielaw and I. The main features of this search engine are the unreported judgment search and lawsuit search. The judgement search allows users to search more than 14,000 legal case judgments of the Malaysia Subordinate Courts up…
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Seminar on Franchise Law on 18 March 2020
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Bread & Kaya: Malaysia’s first digital currency court case
By Foong Cheng Leong December 17, 2019– Digital currencies can be used to raise funds, make purchases or traded online– Anyone operating a digital assets exchange platform must obtain approval from the SC DIGITAL currencies are a form of digital asset. They can be used to raise funds, purchase goods or services and even traded…
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Key updates on Malaysia’s Franchise Laws
By Foong Cheng Leong & Hee Pau Ling The Franchise (Amendment) Bill 2019 (“Bill”) has been passed by the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) on 3 December 2019 [Postscript: The Bill received its Royal Assent on 20 February 2020 and published in the Gazette on 6 March 2020. The Act is now in force.]. The…
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BFM Podcast: FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE A THREAT TO HUMAN RIGHTS?
A new report by Amnesty International has warned that Facebook and Google’s omnipresent surveillance of billions of people poses a systemic threat to human rights. Is it time for a radical transformation of the tech giants’ core business model? Produced by: Juliet JacobsPresented by: Tee Shiao Eek, Juliet Jacobs, Sharmilla Ganesan
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LexisNexis Malaysia – The Lawsome Profession
I was featured in LexisNexis Malaysia’s Lawsome Profession series. This series features interviews of Malaysian lawyers in their respective professions. Interested to know more about #IntellectualProperty and #Cyberlaw ? Foong Cheng Leong is the Partner at Foong Cheng Leong & Co. He focuses in the areas of Intellectual Property and Information Technology, Cyberlaw, Franchising, Data Privacy and Gaming Law.…