Asia-Pacific · 1 law · 9 requirements
Malaysia: the laws your website or app must follow
If your customers are in Malaysia, these are the privacy, consumer, security, accessibility and AI laws SafeLaunch checks your site against, with what each one requires and where in the law it says so.
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Malaysia PDPA 2010
In force; the 2024 amendments were phased in during 2025, adding breach notification, data protection officers and data portability.
Who it covers: Processing of personal data in commercial transactions in Malaysia.
What it requires of a website or app (9)
- A privacy notice at collection: who you are and how to reach you, purposes, the data collected, who receives it, people's rightsCheckedPDPA s. 7 (notice and choice principle)
- A lawful basis, often consent, for each use of personal dataAI reviewPDPA s. 6 (general principle: consent)
- People can access, correct and delete their data, and know how to askCheckedPDPA s. 12, 30–37 and data portability (2024 amendment)
- Reasonable securityCheckedPDPA s. 9 (security principle)
- Transfers abroad only with the safeguards the law setsCheckedPDPA s. 129 (as amended in 2024)
- Breach notification: Personal Data Protection Commissioner as soon as practicable; people too if significant harmPreparedPDPA 2010 (as amended in 2024)
- Extra protection, usually explicit consent, for sensitive data (if if you handle sensitive data)Your answersPDPA s. 40
- Appoint a data protection officerPreparedPDPA 2010 (as amended in 2024)
- The privacy notice is available in Malay and in EnglishAI reviews. 7(3)
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A plain-language summary of what each law requires of a website or app, from the SafeLaunch rulebook, with the provision and official sources. It is not legal advice and not every duty in each law is listed.