Foong Cheng Leong

Month: March 2013

  • PDC Seminar on The Personal Data Protection Act on 28.05.2013

    I will be speaking about the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 at the KL Bar on 28 May 2013. Details are below. 2 CPD Points ( 28052013/KLB/KLB1183/2 ) As part of its Professional Development Programme, the PDC is pleased to present the above Seminar by Mr Foong Cheng Leong on 28.05.2013 (Tuesday) from 3.00pm to…

  • 2nd Annual Employment Law & Industrial Relations Conference – 27 & 28 March 2013

    My partner, Dymphna Lanjuran and I will be presenting at this conference. Dymphna will be speaking on “Rightsizing, Redundancy and Retrenchment” at 11.15 a.m. on 27 March, while I will be speaking on “Internet Security, Privacy and Social Media Policies” at 6.00 p.m. on the same date. For more details, please refer to the brochure.

  • Cyber Law – The Light in 114A Cyber Law Development in Malaysia

    I will be speaking at the ALSA National Forum 2013 on the topic “Cyber Law – The Light in 114A Cyber Law Development in Malaysia” on 16 March 2013. The other speakers will be Miss Jaspal Kaur Sadhu Singh of HELP University, and Mr Anselm Charles Fernandis from the Attorney’s General Chambers.

  • Malaysia’s data privacy Act slow to take off

    I was quoted by ZDNet in their article “Malaysia’s data privacy Act slow to take off” on 5 February 2013. To date, our Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010 is still not in force. Summary: Country’s personal data protection Act was due to take effect last month, but is still pending formalities. Despite that, many…

  • Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee 2013 / 2014

    I am pleased to announce that I have been elected as a committee member of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for the year 2013 / 2014. I have also been appointed to chair the Kuala Lumpur Information Technology Committee.