Thailand's new law aims to strengthen fight against cybercrime

The seventh ASEAN conference on electronic and personal data protection took place in Vientiane, Laos, on October 22, drawing 46 officials from 10 ASEAN member countries.

Decree 13 on the protection of personal data has officially been promulgated in Vietnam. However, many organisations and businesses are facing difficulties in implementing it.

The Government’s Steering Committee for Human Rights has issued a plan on communications activities towards the 75th anniversary of World Human Rights Day (December 10), heard a press conference in Hanoi on May 18.

The Vietnamese government has issued Resolution 13/NQ-CP, approving the dossiers for the building of a decree on personal data protection.

Malaysia and Singapore have pledged to strengthen bilateral cooperation on personal data protection, cyber security and the digital economy.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim on January 30 witnessed the signing of three bilateral cooperation agreements on the digital economy, green economy, personal data protection, and cyber security.

Indonesia's parliament on September 20 passed a personal data protection bill that includes corporate fines and imprisonment for those who violate this law.

The Ministry of Public Security is drafting a governmental decree on personal data protection in order to protect the legal rights and interests of individual and organisations.