Month: May 2011

  • Personal Data Protection Act 2010

    by Foong Cheng Leong and Halina Jael Abu Bakar After a long wait, the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 [Act 709] (“the Act”) has finally been passed. The Act seeks to regulate the processing of personal data of individuals involved in commercial transactions by data users so as to provide protection to the individual’s personal…

  • Handling social media disasters

    Published on 12 May 2011 in The Star Newspaper Social media can be a powerful tool to promote your goods or services, but the online world is unpredictable and no matter how good a brand is, there will be someone hating it. IT is now the norm for brand owners having social media network accounts…

  • Luahan hati penulis blog

    Published on Utusan Malaysia on 31 July 2010 Oleh ROHANI IBRAHIM rencana@utusan.com.my KUALA LUMPUR menjadi tuan rumah pertama di Asia bagi Persidangan Penulis Blog Media Sosial yang berakhir kelmarin. Objektif persidangan berkenaan ialah mengingatkan komuniti blog di Asia supaya lebih bertanggungjawab dalam mengendalikan laman blog masing-masing. Persidangan tersebut berjaya menghimpunkan penulis blog dan pelbagai profesional…

  • Sherrina Nur Elena bt Abdullah v Kent Well Edar Sdn Bhd

    Kota Kinabalu High Court Suit No.: K22-187-2009-I The Plaintiff, who was a beauty queen, sued the Defendant for publishing, without consent, her photograph and image appearing on packaging of the Defendants’ products, particularly packages of rice being displayed and sold in various retail shops, grocery stores, supermarkets and hypermarkets in Kota Kinabalu. The Plaintiff also…

  • NTV7 Breakfast Show Interview – “Social Media Laws” – 10.3.2011

    Foong Cheng Leong and HR Dipendra talks about the social media laws in Malaysia on NTV 7 Breakfast Show, 10 March 2011.