Fahmi pushes for data law amendments to enhance protection

PKR’s Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil has submitted a notice of motion to the Dewan Rakyat to table a private member’s bill to amend the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA).

The proposed amendment seeks to give more independence to the Personal Data Protection Commission and its commissioner by making them answerable to Parliament instead of the communications and multimedia minister, Fahmi (above) said.

The law in its current form stipulates that...