Personal Data Protection Updates - Appointment of New Personal Data Protection Commissioner & Class of Data Users (Amendment) Order 2016

In this issue of Personal Data Protection Updates, we wish to highlight recent developments relating to the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010 ("PDPA"), including the recent appointment of a new Personal Data Protection Commissioner to oversee the implementation and enforcement of the PDPA, the issuance of the Class of Data Users (Amendment) Order 2016, as well as the approval and registration of several Personal Data Protection Codes of Practice for certain sectors. The enforcement phase is expected to commence by (if not before) the 3rd quarter of 2017, and all data users are expected to fully operationalise their data protection policies and procedures, in line with the relevant codes of practice or the PDPA in general.