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Girding for GDPR
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 21/05/2018
» The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on May 25, raising the bar for data protection and privacy practices and forcing Thailand to speed up passage of the Personal Data Protection Act.
Beware the cyber warriors
News, Editorial, Published on 17/05/2018
» Recently, our authorities have admitted that Thailand needs to improve cyber security standards against hackers. Yet the government over the past four years has mainly hunted down other groups of "violators" -- political dissidents and lese majeste offenders.
DE creating 2 new agencies
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 17/05/2018
» The Digital Economy and Society (DE) Ministry plans to establish two new agencies and an institute by next year to ensure the ongoing digital transformation process.
PM hastening national digital projects
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/05/2018
» The prime minister has urged the Digital Economy and Society (DE) Ministry and related agencies to accelerate three core digital development projects this year to ensure the success of the government's digital transformation policy.
New data law aimed at ensuring privacy
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 01/05/2018
» Thai citizens' data privacy is expected to be secured with the Data Protection Act's enforcement this year after being approved by the cabinet this month.
Lawyer urges action on data protection bill
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 19/04/2018
» The recent cases of data leakage by Facebook and True Move H are a wake-up call for the government to update and enforce data protection laws, says a legal expert.
Russian mission calls on EEC
Business, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/02/2018
» As part of President Vladimir Putin's plan to take leadership of Eurasia's economic expansion, Alexey Gruzdev, Russia's deputy minister of economic development, along with the largest Russian business delegation to Thailand in modern history, have embarked on a three-day trip here, with the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) the main attraction.
Vietnam unveils cyber unit to combat 'wrong views'
Reuters, Published on 26/12/2017
» HANOI: Vietnam has unveiled a new, 10,000-strong military cyber warfare unit to counter "wrong" views on the internet, media reported, amid a widening crackdown on critics of the one-party state.
BoT governor to keep accommodative policy
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 26/12/2017
» As inflationary pressure remains subdued, the Bank of Thailand will continue with its accommodative stance to support the country's economic recovery, the central bank's chief says.
Telmin picks Thailand as hub for Asean cybersecurity training
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 06/12/2017
» Thailand was chosen as the hub of Asean cybersecurity training at a recent IT ministers' meeting, and tasked with improving the skills of 1,200 trainees of the security-related agencies of 10 countries by 2021.