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Agency prepares training for data protection officers
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 17/02/2023
» The Digital Government Development Agency (DGA) is gearing up to train data protection officers for state agencies as required by the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), with an initial target to produce 100 responsible officers by June.
Data protection law delay to go before cabinet
SUCHIT LEESA-NGUANSUK, Published on 13/05/2020
» A royal decree drafted to postpone the enforcement of most sections in the 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.
EU's new data protection rules come into effect
AFP, Published on 25/05/2018
» BRUSSELS: The European Union's new data protection laws came into effect on Friday, with Brussels saying the changes will protect consumers from being like "people naked in an aquarium".
Thai data protection agency lists 11 suspicious apps
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 30/01/2025
» The Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) has sent a list of 11 suspicious mobile applications on Google Play Store to the Bank of Thailand to check whether they provide a personal loan service without registering with the regulator.
Lawsuit adds to Facebook woes on data protection
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» WASHINGTON - Facebook's woes mounted Wednesday as it faced a lawsuit alleging privacy violations related to data leaked to a consultancy working on Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, and as a new report suggested it shared more data with partners than it has acknowledged.
PDPA to boost spending on data protection tech
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 20/04/2019
» The new Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) in Thailand will stimulate spending on data protection technologies in 2019, says Dell EMC.
Digital economy ministry calls for data protection officers
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 11/06/2019
» The Digital Economy and Society (DE) Ministry is calling for mandatory appointments of data protection officers (DPOs) at every organisation that processes or stores personal data from EU citizens to comply with the nation's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) and the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Japan urges Line operator to improve data protection
Kyodo News, Published on 05/03/2024
» Japan’s communications ministry on Tuesday urged LY Corp, the operator of the Line messaging app, to strengthen the protection of users’ personal data following a massive data breach.
Guide for HR on data protection and solutions
Nattaya Tantirangsi, Panithida Termrungruanglert and Pariyakorn Rungrueang, Published on 28/08/2021
» Hiring the right employees for your organisation, maintaining their records, and conducting disciplinary actions that may lead to firing them: these are examples of the human resource (HR) department’s work that heavily relies on personal data. Before the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) (PDPA), it is the organisation that mainly dictates what personal data of a candidate or an employee to collect and how to collect and use it.
The bigger picture -- the ethics of data protection
Oped, Kevin Shepherdson, Published on 11/03/2022
» Personal data -- we all have it. Today, how this data is being collected, used, disclosed, and cared for is of greater concern, as data breaches and targeted attacks to snatch or swindle our data, and do all sorts of nefarious things with it, become more prevalent.