Malaysia legislation

Section 3

of DATA SHARING ACT 2025

Section 3

Interpretation

“public sector agency” means—

(a)

the agency in charge of the public services referred to in Clause (1) of Article 132 of the Federal Constitution, except the services referred to in paragraphs (f) and (g);

and

(b)

any statutory authority exercising powers vested in it by a federal law;

“data” means any facts, statistics, instructions, concepts or other information in a form that is capable of being communicated, analyzed or processed, whether by an individual or a computer or other means;

“document” has the same meaning assigned to it under the Evidence Act 1950 [Act 56];

“data integration” means the process of combination of data;

“Committee” means the National Data Sharing Committee established under section 5;

“data analytics work” means the examination and analysis of data for the purpose of drawing conclusions as a result of that examination and analysis;

“Director General” means the Director General of the National

Digital Department;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for digital related matters;

“data provider” means the public sector agency that shares data to a data recipient under Part IV;

“data recipient” means the public sector agency to which data is shared under Part IV.

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