Foong Cheng Leong

Tag: Personal Data Protection Act 2010

Digital Edge: Techtalk: Rapid digitalisation — what happens to privacy?

I was asked by The Edge to comment about the the current state of Malaysia’s own Personal Data Protection Act 2010. Sonia Ong of Wong & Partners, Maneesh Chandra, chief technology officer of Firmus Sdn Bhd and Vernon Chua, CEO of enterprise data analytics start-up Innergia Labs Sdn Bhd are also featured in this article.…

December 28, 2020
Department of Personal Data Protection’s Advisory on the collection, processing and storage of personal data by business premises during the Conditional Movement Control Order period

The Department of Personal Data Protection has issued an advisory on the collection, processing and storage of personal data by business premises during the Conditional Movement Control Order period (“Advisory“). According to the Advisory, businesses are only permitted to record minimal information – name, contact number, as well as dates and times of visit –…

June 2, 2020
BFM Podcast: Popek Popek: Do You Protect Your Personal Data?

An article on Vox looks at how dating apps are mining users’ data. We look at what measures people should be taking to protect their personal data, as online privacy becomes increasingly elusive. Produced by: Loo Juosie, Syamin Azhar Presented by: Kelvin Yee, Kam Raslan

May 18, 2020
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…

April 28, 2020
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…

February 24, 2020
Malindo Air’s Data Breach

I was asked to comment on Malindo Air’s latest data breach incident by South China Morning Post, Malaysian Reserves and Global Data Review. Malindo Air, a subsidiary of low-cost airline Lion Air, has suffered a massive data breach, resulting in the information of millions of passengers – including passport details, home addresses and phone numbers…

October 7, 2019
Pay just RM150 for details of 200,000 people, RM350 for 10 million

I was interviewed by Free Malaysia Today on the issue of the unlawful sale of personal data in Malaysia which is an offence under the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA), in particular, s. 130 of the PDPA. A lawyer told FMT that the sale of personal data is not surprising. Foong Cheng Leong, who…

August 5, 2019
BFM Podcast: PAYING USERS FOR DATA

Facebook has launched an app that collects extra data from users in exchange for a monthly payment. We consider if that makes for a fair exchange. Produced by: Julian Yap Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Kelvin Yee Your browser does not support native audio, but you can download this MP3 to listen on your device.

June 19, 2019
E-hailing firms must protect data

I was interviewed by The Star and Free Malaysia Today on an e-hailing firm’s new user requirement to submit “selfie” for verification purposes. In The Star’s article titled “E-hailing firms must protect data“, it was reported- “Weak enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) has made it vital for e-commerce firms and e-hailing providers…

June 12, 2019
Bread & Kaya: 2018 Malaysia Cyber-Law And IT Cases – Cyber-Defamation

By Foong Cheng Leong April 26, 2019 In cyber-defamation cases, the High Court has granted damages between RM50K to RM100K Court assumes that you have published something if it originates from your email, Facebook, etc IN THIS second, of a four-part series, I will talk about the rise of cyber-defamation. The number of cyber-related tort cases filed…

April 29, 2019