It has taken the government some two decades to finally come out with Personal Data Protection Bill which was presented in Parliament for first reading yesterday.
It is however not available online, which is a sad reflection on the government’s seriousness and commitment to ICT and e-government.
As a national service, the Personal Data Protection Bill is hereby put on-line and all public views and input are welcome before parliamentary debate next month.
In Parliament in April 1997, I spoke of eight principles which should be adopted in a Malaysian Data Protection Act, viz:
Download Personal Data Protection Bill :-