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Setting up a platform economy
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 15/02/2025
» Thailand drafted the Digital Platform Economy Act, a new law to govern the expanding number of digital platforms, aiming to maintain economic and social security.
Policymakers set to prepare more AI rules
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 25/04/2024
» Policymakers will draw up more new artificial intelligence (AI) rules to prevent the violation of AI ethics and promote AI development through good governance and planned guidelines for generative AI.
Prep required for cybersecurity rules
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 08/08/2022
» The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) is urging organisations associated with critical information infrastructure (CII) to accelerate efforts to comply with two upcoming regulations regarding minimal requirements for their cyberdefence practices and responsibility for their sectoral computer emergency response teams (CERTs).
PDPC preps further minor regulations
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 26/07/2022
» The Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) is set to roll out more subordinate regulations to clearly define the practices for Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) compliance to ease concerns among businesses.
Personal data of 106m travellers exposed online
Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/09/2021
» Personal data of 106 million international travellers to Thailand was found to have been exposed online in August before it was quickly secured by Thai authorities, according to Comparitech, a cybersecurity research firm.
Legal experts raise Clubhouse warnings
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 19/02/2021
» Users and hosts on audio-based social networking app Clubhouse need to be cautious about privacy violations and defamation as they could run afoul of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) and Computer-Related Crime Act, say tech legal experts.
Minister wants protection for e-commerce platform
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 25/11/2020
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry is seeking to have all e-commerce platforms registered with the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) to ensure cybersecurity in this 3-trillion-baht industry.
Delay in panel formation hampers preparedness for Personal Data Protection Act
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 23/09/2020
» The delay in the official endorsement of those sitting on the Personal Data Protection Committee is expected to hinder preparedness by the private and public sectors, which need guidelines to comply with the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).
Lawyer: PDPA reprieve doesn't spare individuals
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 25/05/2020
» A royal decree that grants a one-year delay in enforcement of most parts of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) does not spare individuals who violate the law from punishment but does protect organisations and businesses, a legal expert warns.
PDPA delay decree going before cabinet
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 14/05/2020
» A royal decree drafted to postpone the enforcement of most sections in Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) by a year will be tabled before the cabinet for approval next week, says the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry.