Citation

Tan, Olivia Swee Leng and Vergara, Rossanne Gale and Khan @ Khin Hnin Oo, Shereen (2021) Digital tracing and Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Asian Journal of Law and Policy, 1 (1). pp. 47-62. ISSN 2785-8979

Text Digital tracing and Malaysias Personal Data Protection Act....pdf Restricted to Repository staff only Download (438kB)

Abstract

Digital tracing is a proven effective means for the Malaysian government to trace and control the spread of COVID-19. However, the process of tracing and tracking in order to manage the spread of the pandemic have in many ways compromised personal information to third party applications. Malaysia is not the only country that uses digital tracing to manage the spread of the pandemic. Various countries have chosen different methods for digital contact tracing to manage the spread of COVID-19 and some are less respectful of privacy than others. This paper analyses Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) and its effectiveness in protecting personal data during the pandemic as Malaysians continue to utilise the contact tracing mobile applications such as MySejahtera and SELangkah. The researchers applied doctrinal research method and analysed the current Malaysian legislation on data protection. It should be noted that the PDPA does not apply in the case of government collection and would not require federal and state agencies to be transparent in their data management.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Data protection, COVID-19, Digital tracing, Personal data protection, Privacy
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5001-6182 Business > HF5549-5549.5 Personnel management. Employment management
Divisions:	Faculty of Management (FOM)
Depositing User:	Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad
Date Deposited:	26 Nov 2021 08:11
Last Modified:	26 Nov 2021 08:11
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/9790

Downloads

Edit (login required)