Malaysia legislation

Section 7

of PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT 2010

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(a)

that personal data of the data subject is being processed by or on behalf of the data user, and shall provide a description of the personal data to that data subject;

(b)

the purposes for which the personal data is being or is to be collected and further processed;

(c)

of any information available to the data user as to the source of that personal data;

(d)

of the data subject’s right to request access to and to request correction of the personal data and how to contact the data user with any inquiries or complaints in respect of the personal data;

(e)

of the class of third parties to whom the data user discloses or may disclose the personal data;

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(f)

of the choices and means the data user offers the data subject for limiting the processing of personal data, including personal data relating to other persons who may be identified from that personal data;

(g)

whether it is obligatory or voluntary for the data subject to supply the personal data; and

(h)

where it is obligatory for the data subject to supply the personal data, the consequences for the data subject if he fails to supply the personal data.

(2)

The notice under subsection (1) shall be given as soon as practicable by the data user—

(a)

when the data subject is first asked by the data user to provide his personal data;

(b)

when the data user first collects the personal data of the data subject; or

(c)

in any other case, before the data user—

(i)

uses the personal data of the data subject for a purpose other than the purpose for which the personal data was collected; or

(ii)

discloses the personal data to a third party.

(3)

A notice under subsection (1) shall be in the national and

English languages, and the individual shall be provided with a clear and readily accessible means to exercise his choice, where necessary, in the national and English languages.

Disclosure Principle

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