Malaysia legislation

Section 27

of CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES ACT 2010

Section 27

(a)

developing written policies and procedures to be followed by its employees, agents and contractors;

(b)

establishing controls, including—

(i)

the use of passwords, credential tokens, digital signatures or other mechanisms; and

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(ii)

user identification;

(c)

providing information and training to ensure compliance with the policies, procedures and controls;

(d)

monitoring usage and regularly checking compliance with the policies, procedures and controls;

(e)

taking appropriate action in relation to identified breaches of the policies, procedures and controls; and

(f)

maintenance of logs of all accesses, amendments and audit trails to the credit information provided to it by the credit reporting agency.

(2)

A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

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