Malaysia: Passsed Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2024 including cross-border data transfer regulation
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Passsed Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2024 including cross-border data transfer regulation
On 16 July 2024, the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2024 was passed by the Malaysian House of Representatives. The Amendment Act removes the white-list regime for cross-border data transfers. This requirement previously mandated that a data transfer to a place outside of Malaysia was possible if the Minister defined such a place in the Gazette to have an adequate level of data protection.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2024-07-04
under deliberation
2024-07-10
under deliberation
2024-07-16
under deliberation
2024-07-31
adopted