Malaysia: Department of Personal Data Protection data protection officer professional development pathway and training roadmap

Progress

Current status
adopted
01 Aug 2025 adopted

Scope

Implementers
Malaysia
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

01 Aug 2025
adopted

Department of Personal Data Protection released data protection officer professional development pathway and training roadmap

On 1 August 2025, the Department of Personal Data Protection released the data protection officer (DPO) professional development pathway and training roadmap, outlining a prospective framework to support the structured development of DPO capabilitie…

Source
Event type outline
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority