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The Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) offers some semblance of information privacy but it will not address other important aspects like non-commercial use of data or territorial or bodily privacy.

DATA protection law expert Prof Abu Bakar Munir waved a list that contained 600 names, identity card numbers, addresses, phone numbers of house owners, addresses of the property they own, the selling price, how much has already been paid, and details of the housing loans.

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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/10/16/nation/9707673&sec=nation

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has yet to enforce the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2010, which was passed and gazetted last year.

The reason is because a commissioner has not been appointed to enforce the law which protects personal data from being misused or sold for commercial purposes.

“The law is in place and the commissioner is the authority to enforce it. But this has yet to be established,” said Universiti Malaya law lecturer Prof Abu Bakar Munir.

Under the PDPA, the public’s personal data cannot be sold or used for commercial purposes without their consent.

But without a commissioner, the people cannot seek redress if they find their personal data has been sold.

Even lodging a report with the police would not help, said Prof Abu Bakar, who is an expert in data protection law and was instrumental in helping to draw up the PDPA.

He said the delay could have an impact on direct foreign investment and Malaysia’s free trade agreements with other countries.

Source : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/10/16/nation/9709085&sec=nation

A New Zealand Post survey that collected personal data to rent out to marketing companies has been damned as a “systematic, large-scale breach” of privacy principles.

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