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.

  • Bread & Kaya: 2017 Cyberlaw cases Pt3 – sexual offences against children and computer crimes

    By Foong Cheng Leong | Mar 30, 2018– Sending death threats using someone else’s mobile phone is not OK– 2018 will mark interesting year for cyber related cases including Uber driver suing Uber THE first statute in Malaysia to use the term “social media” is part of the law designed to protect children against sexual…

  • Bread & Kaya: 2017 Cyberlaw Cases Pt2 – viral content, Uber and appearance of an emoji

    By Foong Cheng Leong Mar 29, 2018 – A video clip that was viewed 3 million times deemed to be the truth of an incident – Groupon has its day in court, twice with users not happy with merchants CARRYING off from where I left off in part one of my review of the interesting…

  • Bread & Kaya: 2017 Cyberlaw Cases – WhatsApp Messages and Customs TAP

    By Foong Cheng Leong Mar 26, 2018 Over 50 cyber related cases files in 2017 in Kuala Lumpur High Court 2017 had an interesting array of cyber related issues and laws. Facebook and other electronic platform defamation cases have become a norm. In the Kuala Lumpur High Court itself, there were 50 over cyber related…

  • Comments on the Malaysian e-Court System Phase 2

    The Malay Mail interviewed me on my views of the implementation of the new e-Court System Phase 2 some time last year. Some of the issues highlighted below have now been resolved. I am posting this for record purpose. In their article entitled “Lawyers required to go digital by 2018“, I said the following:- Foong…

  • Here’s What You Should Know The Next Time Someone Asks For Your MyKad

    I was featured in The Malaysian Digest’s article entitled “Here’s What You Should Know The Next Time Someone Asks For Your MyKad” on 22 February 2018. If Your Identity Is Stolen, It May Be Difficult To Prove Your Innocence Although the Private Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) that protects our data, which is collected for…

  • When Businesses Use Your Photo Without Permission, Here’s What You Do

    I was featured in Malaysian Digest’s article entitled “When Businesses Use Your Photo Without Permission, Here’s What You Do” on 24 January 2018 on what customers can do to protect their personal data. I said the following:- Customers Need To Be Proactive To Protect Their Privacy What then do we, as customers, can do to…

  • When social media rants can land you in court

    I was featured in The Star Newspaper’s article entitled “When social media rants can land you in court” on 5 January 2018 on the issue of reviewing a business online. I said the following:- Meanwhile, Bar Council cyberlaw and information technology committee co-chairman Foong Cheng Leong told The Star that a person was free to…

  • Sugar Daddy and Sugar Babies Website – Is it illegal?

    I was interviewed by The Star on the issue of legality of a local website that connects “sugar daddies” with “sugar babies”. In the article entitled “A raw nerve hit, but no laws broken“, I said the following:- There is no law against couple matching services in Malaysia unless it is for prostitution or other…

  • BFM Podcast: LANDMARK #22: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR PERSONAL DATA IS LEAKED

    Late last year, it was reported that the private data of 46.2 million mobile phone subscribers were leaked sometime in the middle of 2014. All 14 telcos were affected in what is Malaysia’s biggest ever data breach. Explaining what this means for you and me is lawyer Foong Cheng Leong. He chairs the KL Bar’s…

  • SayaKenaHack.com and Privacy

    Recently, tech blogger Keith Rozario created the website SayaKenaHack.com, a platform to allow people to check if they were affected by the data leakage of 46.2 million mobile phone subscribers. The website allowed users to key in their identity card number and the website will inform the users whether they are affected by the leakage.…