Malaysia: Senate adopted Cybercrimes Act including cybersecurity regulation
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Senate adopted Cybercrimes Act including cybersecurity regulation
On 20 July 2026, the Cybercrimes Act was adopted by the Senate. The Act applies to entities that provide communications services to users, process or store data on behalf of users or communications services, or provide information and communications…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity 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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2026-06-22
under deliberation
2026-07-01
under deliberation