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PDPA

What is PDPA?

Personal Data Protection Act, data protection legislation enacted by various countries (such as Singapore and Thailand) to regulate the collection and use of personal data.

Privacy and Data Protection

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as pdpa. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on pdpa

Requirements naming pdpa across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

PDPA Thailand13 controls

Personal data collected prior to PDPA enforcement may continue to be processed for original purposes provided data subjects are notified of opt-out rights.

Section 25 · Historical and Pre-PDPA Data

Training + awareness + coordination operationalise UU PDP within Indonesia and across the regional + global regulatory landscape. Training and Awareness: mandatory cyber + privacy awareness training for all staff + role-specific training for IT + security + ex...

IDPdp-Training-Awareness-Coord-ASEAN-SingaporePDPA-APEC-CBPR-GDPR-Art70to76-MoCom-Transition · Indonesia PDP Training + Awareness + Indonesian Representative + Lembaga PDP Transition + Coordination ASEAN/Singapore PDPA/APEC CBPR/GDPR/India DPDP/Cross-Sectoral OJK/BI/BSSN

Provide and operate channels for data subjects to exercise statutory rights under Sections 30-43. Right of access (Section 30) within 21 days extendable + prescribed fee not exceeding RM10.

MY-PDPA-Data-Subject-Rights-Access-Correction-Portability-Withdraw-Consent-Prevent-Marketing-Sections-30-43 · Malaysia PDPA Subject Rights + Access + Correction + Portability + Withdraw Consent + Prevent Marketing + Sections 30 to 43

Cooperate with Personal Data Protection Agency inspections, requests for information, and corrective orders within statutory timelines.

AM-DPA-17 · PDPA Inspections and Cooperation

Implement Incident Management + Business Continuity + Cloud Service Customer Data Protection per MTCS SS 584. Incident Management (ISO 27001 Annex A.16 + ISO 27035) - incident response plan + 24x7 SOC + Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) + incide...

MTCS-Incident-Business-Continuity-CSC-Data-Protection-72-Hour-Notification-BCP-DR-PDPA · MTCS Incident + Business Continuity + CSC Data Protection + 72-Hour Notification + BCP + DR + PDPA

Global CBPR Forum coordination with adjacent privacy regimes. EU GDPR + GDPR ADEQUACY: no formal EU adequacy decision recognizing CBPR + ongoing European Commission dialogue; some EU companies use CBPR as supplementary measure + accountability evidence;

CBPR-Coord-GDPR-UK-Japan-Korea-Singapore-Philippines-StateLaws · Global CBPR Forum: Coordination with GDPR + UK GDPR + Japan APPI + Korea PIPA + Singapore PDPA + Philippines DPA + US State Laws

Questions people ask about pdpa

What is PDPA?
Personal Data Protection Act, data protection legislation enacted by various countries (such as Singapore and Thailand) to regulate the collection and use of personal data.
Why is PDPA important for compliance?
PDPA is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding pdpa helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address PDPA?
PDPA appears in the requirement text of PDPA Thailand, Indonesia PDP Law, Malaysia PDPA 2010, Armenia Law on Protection of Personal Data (2015), MTCS (Singapore). Across these standards we have identified 39 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about PDPA?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how pdpa applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how PDPA applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.