Personal Data Protection Act’s Postponement and our Remarks

Author: Yothin Intaraprasong, Yuyu Komine (Co-author)

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Publisher: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Journal / Book: NO&T Thailand Legal Update No.2 (June, 2020)

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Amidst many of the urgent Coronavirus-related legal reforms, the postponement of the enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act of 2019 (“PDPA”) came less than a week before its expected effective date, to the relief of many business operators and investors. On 21 May 2020, the ‘Royal Decree Prescribing the Data Controller’s Organizations and Businesses to which Personal Data Protection Act of 2019 shall not be applied of 2020’ (“Royal Decree”) has been issued in the Government Gazette.

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