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Fix Thailand's data confusion
Oped, Jompon Pitaksantayothin, Published on 20/02/2026
» Thailand has made significant strides in building a data governance framework, most notably through the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2019. Data now underpins how citizens exercise their rights, how governments deliver services, how businesses innovate, and ultimately, how democracy is sustained.
Data privacy needs boost
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/04/2023
» A hacker who goes by the name "9near" is threatening to publish the personal data of some 55 million Thai citizens on a dark web data-breach site called BreachForum at 4pm today.
Bid for UNHRC seat needs care
Oped, Yawee Butrkrawee, Published on 13/10/2022
» In late September 2022, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai announced Thailand's bid to be a member of the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2025 cycle. While this is a bold, welcome move, self-reflection is much needed.
Personal data at risk in govt hands
Oped, Khemmapat Trisadikoon, Published on 31/08/2022
» Only one month after enforcing the law to protect the Thai people's personal data security and privacy, the government had a change of heart.
Guarding privacy amid digitalisation
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 24/06/2022
» The issue of privacy, especially in terms of the protection of personal data linked to a person's identity, has come to the fore this month due to the coming into force of Thailand's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). It applies to both public and private entities that keep or process personal data concerning other people and it establishes safeguards to protect people's privacy.
PDPA fears don't compute
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/06/2022
» After a two-year wait, the country's much-needed Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) came into effect on Wednesday. Yet instead of eliciting a sense of relief it brought about widespread confusion and near panic.
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.
People-centric attitude to data safety
Oped, Wichayada Amponkitviwat, Published on 13/10/2021
» Cyber attacks and ransomware have become crimes of modern digital society. Yet, in Thailand what is of new concern is the attack on government database sources -- particularly those of state hospitals.
Ramp up data safety
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/09/2021
» It is shocking to learn that hackers managed to crack into the database of a state hospital in Phetchabun and make a profit from selling the information of thousands patients on the dark web.
As cases rise, so should awareness
Oped, Pirongrong Ramasoota, Published on 16/04/2021
» With the Songkran celebrations this year becoming subdued from the surging third wave of Covid-19 infections, deemed by health authorities as 10 times worse than last year's outbreak, efforts at controlling the spread of the virus are underway with contact tracing, health surveillance, compulsory quarantining, and lockdowns.