ARTICLE · 23 JUNE 2020

PDPA Effective Date Postponed

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In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, Dr. Rachada Thanadirek, Deputy Spokeswoman for the Prime Minister's Office

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In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, Dr. Rachada Thanadirek, Deputy Spokeswoman for the Prime Minister's Office, recently announced that the Cabinet is to issue a Royal Decree postponing the enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), which was initially supposed be effective on 27 May 2020, by another year. The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society proposed postponing the following parts of the PDPA:

Chapter 2: Personal data protection
Chapter 3: Rights of personal data owners
Chapter 5: Complaints
Chapter 6: Civil liability
Chapter 7: Penal provisions
Section 95
Section 96

Parts of the PDPA that will not be postponed include Chapter 1: Personal Data Protection Committee, and Chapter 4: Office of the Personal Data Protection Board. This means that the nomination process of both the Chairman and qualified members of the Personal Data Protection Committee, along with the establishment of the Office of the Personal Data

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