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Department of Personal Data Protection

Interpretation

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* Please refer to the PDPA, 2010 (Act 709) For complete interpretation.

“Credit Reporting Agencies”

has the meaning assigned to it in the Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010. “this Act” includes the regulations, orders, notices and other subsidiary legislation made under this act.

“List”

means a User Data List, List Forum User Data or Register Code of Practice;

“Personal data”

means any information pertaining to commercial transactions, which-

(a) being processed wholly or partly by means of equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose;

(b) recorded with the intention that it should be processed wholly or partly by means of such equipment; or

(c) recorded as part of a relevant filing system or with the intention that it should be part of a relevant filing system, relating directly or indirectly to a data subject, who is identified or can be identified from that information or from that information and other information in the possession of a user’s data, including any sensitive personal data and the expression of opinion about the data subject; but does not include any information that is processed for the purposes of a credit reporting business carried on by a credit reporting agency under the Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010.

“Sensitive Personal Data”

means any personal data which contains information about health or physical or mental condition of a data subject, political opinions, religious beliefs or other beliefs of a similar nature, the commission or alleged commission of any offense by it ayau any other personal data may be determined by the Minister by order published in the Gazette.

“Advisory Committee”

means the Advisory Committee on the Protection of Personal Data established under section 70.

“Vital interests”

means matters of life, death or the safety of a data subject.

“Fund”

means Personal Data Protection Fund established under section 61.

“Using”

in respect of personal data means the act by which the personal data included in or are under the control of user data seoarang

“Minister”

means the Minister charged with responsibility for the protection of personal data.

“Disclose”

in relation to personal data, means the act by which the personal data provided by users.

“Relevant person”

relating to a data subject, in any way described, means: –

(a) In the event of a data subject that is under the age of eighteen years, parents of the data subject

(b) In the event of a data subject who is incapable of managing his own affairs, a person appointed by the court to handle `affairs, or believe authorized in writing by seubjek data to act on behalf of the data subject.

“Authorized officer”

means any officer authorized in writing by the Commissioner under section 110.

“Correction”

in respect of personal data, including amendments, changes, modifications or deletions.

“Requestor”

in relation to personal data, means any person other than an employee of the user data, the processing of personal data solely on behalf of the user data, and does not process personal data for such purposes;

“Processing”

in relation to personal data, means collecting, recording, hold or store personal data or to carry out any such operation or set of operations on personal data, including: –

(a) Preparation, adaptation or alteration of personal data;

(b) Recovery, refer to or use of personal data

(c) Disclosure of personal data by transmission, transfer, dissemination or otherwise making available; or

(d) alignment, merging, rectification, erasure or destruction of personal data;

“Registration”

means the registration of a user data under section 16;

“User Data”

means a person who either alone or jointly or in common with others to process any personal data or have control over or authorizes the processing of any personal data, but does not include a data processor;

“Consumer-related data”

contact:-

(a) An examination, means the data user who uses personal data system which is the subject of the inspection;

(b) A report, means the data user specified in the complaint;

(c) an investigation;

(i) In the event of an investigation dumilakan with a complaint, means the data user specified in the complaint;

(ii) In any other case, means the data user is the subject of the investigation;

(d) an enforcement notice, means the data submitted against the enforcement notice;

“Business Credit Reporting”

has the meaning assigned to it in the Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010;

“Commissioner”

means Personal Data Protection Commissioner appointed under section 47;

“Third Party”

in relation to personal data, means any person other than: –

(a) A data subject

(b) A connection to connect to a data subject;

(c) A user data;

(d) A data processor; or

(e) Seoarang authorized in writing by the consumer data to process personal data under the direct control of user data;

“Relevant filing system”

means any set of information relating to individuals to the extent that, although the information is not processed by equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose, the information set is structured, either by reference to individuals or by reference to criteria relating to individuals, in such a way that specific information relating to a specific individual can be easily accessed.

“Data Subject”

means an individual who is the subject of personal data;

“Fixed date”

means the date or dates related, as the case may be, on which this Act comes into force;

“Code of Practice”

means the Code of Practice of personal data protection in respect of a particular class of user data registered by the Commissioner under section 23 or issued by the Commissioner under section 24.

“Commercial Transactions”

means any transaction of a commercial nature, whether by way of a contract or not, including any matter relating to the supply or exchange of goods or services, agencies, investment, finance, banking and insurance, but does not include a credit reporting business under Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010.

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