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VIETNAM, MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA: what you need to know about the new SE Asia data protection laws

By Carolyn Bigg, Venus Cheung & Qiuyang Zhao on October 31, 2024

Posted in Compliance programs and policies, New laws, Privacy Law

It’s the turn of South-East Asian countries to update their data protection laws. Here is our summary of the proposed new data protection laws in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. Organisations are advised to update their data protection compliance programmes as soon as possible to reflect these developments.

Vietnam

Vietnam issued its first draft of a…

INDONESIA: Personal Data Protection Law PDPL Now in Force

By olaideogungbesan on October 21, 2022

Posted in Compliance programs and policies, Data transfers, New laws

Author: Carolyn Bigg, Yue Lin Lee

Indonesia’s long-awaited Personal Data Protection Law (“PDPL”) finally came into force on 17 October 2022, helpfully consolidating and clarifying the personal data protection framework in Indonesia.

Whilst there is a two-year transition period, businesses with Indonesian operations or which process the personal data of Indonesian citizens should now make…
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