An artificial intelligence (AI) system to be used as a sentencing guideline in courts within Peninsular Malaysia is in the works, while it’s now applied in Sabah and Sarawak. Before it proceeds, a lot of deliberation and consultation is needed.
Dec 28
I was asked by The Edge to comment about the the current state of Malaysia’s own Personal Data Protection Act 2010.
Sonia Ong of Wong & Partners, Maneesh Chandra, chief technology officer of Firmus Sdn Bhd and Vernon Chua, CEO of enterprise data analytics start-up Innergia Labs Sdn Bhd are also featured in this article. The full article can be viewed at The Digital Edge’s website.
1 The PDPA explained
The PDPA, in a nutshell, is meant to legislate protection around the collection, storage and usage of personal data collected by the private sector, according to lawyer Foong Cheng Leong. The public sector and, generally speaking, contractors operating on behalf of the government are exempt from the provisions of the PDPA.
Dec 28
I was asked by The Edge to comment about the the current state of Malaysia’s own Personal Data Protection Act 2010.
Sonia Ong of Wong & Partners, Maneesh Chandra, chief technology officer of Firmus Sdn Bhd and Vernon Chua, CEO of enterprise data analytics start-up Innergia Labs Sdn Bhd are also featured in this article. The full article can be viewed at The Digital Edge’s website.
1 The PDPA explained
The PDPA, in a nutshell, is meant to legislate protection around the collection, storage and usage of personal data collected by the private sector, according to lawyer Foong Cheng Leong. The public sector and, generally speaking, contractors operating on behalf of the government are exempt from the provisions of the PDPA.