Malaysia\u2019s PDPA revolves around end-user consent<\/strong>, requiring your website to first obtain express and explicit consent from its visitors before activating any cookies and trackers that process personal data, much like other major data privacy laws around the world such as the EU\u2019s GDPR<\/a>, Brazil\u2019s LGPD<\/a> and South Africa\u2019s POPIA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Malaysian PDPA governs the commercial use<\/strong> of personal data, and does not apply to the public sector, federal or state governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most websites in the world use cookies and trackers that process personal data, such as IP addresses, unique IDs, search and browser history. Under Malaysia\u2019s PDPA, you need to ask for and get the explicit consent from your website\u2019s visitors before activating any of these cookies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you know that a website on average has 21 cookies in use?<\/strong> In short, Malaysia\u2019s PDPA<\/strong> requires that you obtain end-user consent<\/strong>, requires you to inform Malaysian users<\/strong> about your website\u2019s data processing, empowers Malaysian residents with the rights to access and correct<\/strong> their data, regulates all personal data processing through its 7 PDPA Principles<\/strong>. It is enforced by the Department of Personal Data Protection (PDP)<\/strong> and applies to any website, company or organization in Malaysia that processes personal data from Malaysian residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Malaysia\u2019s PDPA quick breakdown<\/strong> \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n Try Cookiebot consent management platform (CMP) for free<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scan your website to see all cookies and trackers in use<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cookiebot CMP\u00a0is a world-leading solution for controlling all cookies and trackers on your website to ensure compliance with major data privacy laws around the world, including\u00a0Malaysia\u2019s PDPA<\/strong>,\u00a0EU\u2019s GDPR<\/a>,\u00a0UK\u2019s GDPR<\/a>,\u00a0California\u2019s CCPA<\/a>,\u00a0Brazil\u2019s LGPD<\/a>,\u00a0South Africa\u2019s POPIA<\/a>\u00a0and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Malaysia\u2019s PDPA requires you to\u00a0ask for and obtain the express and explicit consent from Malaysian users before using cookies and trackers on your website<\/strong>,\u00a0Cookiebot CMP\u00a0is the optimal solution to make your domain fully compliant without any need for complex technical implementation on your end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cookiebot CMP<\/a> is a plug-and-play compliance solution that has automated the entire PDPA compliance process \u2013 from automatically detecting all your website\u2019s cookies and controlling them, to collecting the PDPA compliant consents from end-users and securely storing them, as well as renewing them regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By giving you detailed information on each cookie on your website, including the purpose<\/strong>, duration<\/strong>, technical specifications<\/strong> and provider<\/strong>, Cookiebot CMP<\/a> enables your website to meet the notification and information requirements necessary for PDPA compliance in Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cookiebot CMP<\/a> comes with highly customizable consent banners<\/strong> to match your website\u2019s layout and can be shaped to fit compliance requirements under most other major data privacy laws in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Try Cookiebot CMP for PDPA compliance in Malaysia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scan your website for free to see what cookies and trackers are in use<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Get started with Cookiebot CMP and Google Consent Mode<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s break down Malaysia\u2019s PDPA in detail<\/strong> and have a look at its 7 PDPA Principles<\/strong>, which spell out the specifics of its compliance requirements, as well as making a comparison between Malaysia\u2019s PDPA and the EU\u2019s GDPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) forms Malaysia\u2019s data privacy regime and is accompanied by both the Personal Data Protection Regulations (PDPR) 2013<\/a> that detail the practical aspects of PDPA compliance, and the Codes of Practice 201<\/a>7 that set best-practice standards for PDPA compliance in each sector of Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under Malaysia\u2019s PDPA, you are required to register as a data user<\/strong> with the Department of Personal Data Protection (PDP)<\/a> if you process personal data within sectors such as communications, banking, finance, insurance, tourism, education, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You are also required to, as part of the registration to Commissioner at the PDP, to appoint a representative responsible for PDPA compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See the full Malaysia PDPA law text (in English)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n See the full Personal Data Protection Regulations (in Malay)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n See the full Codes of Practice for the Communications sector (relevant for websites) (in English)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit the Department of Personal Data Protection (PDP) for more on Malaysia\u2019s PDPA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Under Malaysia\u2019s data privacy law, compliance is governed by seven data protection principles that detail how your website is required to handle user\u2019s personal data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The seven Malaysian PDPA Principles are \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under the first Malaysian PDPA Principle called the \u201cGeneral Principle\u201d, the requirement for your website to obtain the valid consent from users prior to any personal data collection<\/strong> is explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This PDPA Principle states that consent must be an explicit, affirmative opt-in on part of a user<\/strong> for it to be valid under Malaysia\u2019s PDPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means that implied consent does not constitute valid consent under Malaysia\u2019s PDPA (e.g. having a cookie banner on your website saying that personal data is being collected with no real way for users to first consent to the collection or to opt out).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In general, under Malaysia\u2019s PDPA, personal data is only allowed to be processed if it\u2019s<\/strong> \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exceptions to the consent requirement are also detailed and include situations such as when personal data is collected in order to fulfill a contract, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For data to be regarded as personal data<\/strong> under Malaysia\u2019s PDPA, it must meet the following three thresholds \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sensitive personal data<\/strong> includes \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are no specific requirements in regard to consent when it comes to sensitive personal data<\/strong> \u2013 all consents must be explicit and express opt-in on part of the end-user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Try Cookiebot CMP for PDPA compliance today<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scan your website to see if you have cookies and trackers that process personal data<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The second PDPA Principle explains how you must give end-users a prior notice about- and detailed information on your website\u2019s personal data processing activities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You must inform your Malaysian end-users about \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n This notice for your Malaysian end-users forms part of the basis for the consent requirement, since users must know what they are consenting to<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notice must be given before any processing takes place<\/strong> of personal data from end-users, and it must be given in both Malay and English<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Try Cookiebot CMP for PDPA compliance today<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scan your website to see if you process personal data in Malaysia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Disclosure of personal data to any third party is prohibited by Malaysia\u2019s PDPA unless explicit consent<\/strong> has been obtained from the end-user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means that whatever personal data your website collects through its cookies and trackers, e.g. via analytics services or social media plugins, can only be shared with anyone else if your website\u2019s visitors have given you their express consent to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In general, sharing and disclosure of personal data is restricted to the purposes stated in your notice and information to the end-user and limited to the third parties that you\u2019ve listed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Correct and accurate lists of third parties that your website shares personal data with can be requested by the Personal Data Protection Department of Malaysia (PDPD)<\/a> and subject to inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Try Cookiebot CMP for PDPA compliance today<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scan your website to see what cookies and trackers are in use<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Under Malaysia\u2019s PDPA, it is mandatory for you to put in place safeguards to protect whatever personal data you collect from end-users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To meet this PDPA compliance requirement, your website must have a<\/strong> security policy<\/strong> that details, among others \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n The legal responsibility of protecting Malaysian end-users\u2019 personal data includes, - but is not limited to - technical security measures (e.g. safe storage, encryption, safe transfer means), organizational security measures (e.g. appointed compliance personnel, access and authorizations) and safeguarding personal data from misuse and abuse (e.g. unconsented disclosure, data breaches and loss).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you\u2019ve collected personal data from end-users, you\u2019re only allowed to retain (or store) it<\/strong> for the amount of time necessary for the fulfilment of the purpose, which you stated in your notice and information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under Malaysia\u2019s PDPA, once personal data has been used for the purpose it was collected for, your website is legally required to delete it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are no standard minimum retention periods detailed in Malaysia\u2019s PDPA, but it is up to you to determine the minimum necessary duration for storing personal data collected on your website (with regard to the purpose for which it was initially collected, of course).<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, there are certain additional requirements that you need to be aware of, such as \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n Try Cookiebot CMP for PDPA compliance today<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Get started with Cookiebot CMP and Google Consent Mode<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cData integrity\u201d means the responsibility that \u2013 under Malaysia\u2019s PDPA \u2013 rests on you and your website\u2019s shoulders to always make sure that the personal data collected from end-users is complete<\/strong>, accurate<\/strong> and up to date<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Try Cookiebot CMP for PDPA compliance today<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about website tracking and cookies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s the right of Malaysian end-users to request access<\/strong> to see what personal data you\u2019ve collected on them, e.g. through cookies and trackers on your website \u2013 and to request correction<\/strong> of that data, if they find it to be incomplete, inaccurate or misleading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Try Cookiebot CMP for PDPA compliance today<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scan your website to see all cookies and trackers in use<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Malaysia\u2019s PDPA is very similar to the EU\u2019s GDPR<\/a> in key areas, chief among them being prior consent<\/strong> and rights to access<\/strong> and correct<\/strong> personal data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior consent<\/strong><\/em> is perhaps the most famous part of the EU\u2019s GDPR<\/a> and Malaysia\u2019s equivalent regime puts it on the map as one of the consent-focused data privacy laws in the world, alongside Brazil\u2019s LGPD<\/a>, Canada\u2019s PIPEDA<\/a>, South Africa\u2019s POPIA<\/a> and Singapore\u2019s PDPA<\/a> \u2013 and setting it apart from opt-out focused laws like California\u2019s CCPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But while Malaysia\u2019s PDPA<\/strong> and the EU\u2019s GDPR<\/a> look quite similar, the two data privacy laws are different in key areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Big differences between the PDPA and GDPR include \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cookiebot CMP enables compliance with major data privacy laws<\/strong> Malaysia\u2019s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA)<\/strong> is one of the world\u2019s consent-based data privacy laws, empowering Malaysian residents with enforceable rights to their personal data, and requiring websites and companies located inside Malaysia to play by fair rules so as not to abuse the data privacy of visitors and customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Malaysia\u2019s PDPA is scheduled to be updated<\/a> sometime in the next couple of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Try Cookiebot CMP for PDPA compliance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scan your website to see and control all cookies in use<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Malaysia\u2019s PDPA, in detail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Malaysia\u2019s PDPA Principle 2 \u2013 Notice and choice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Malaysia\u2019s PDPA Principle 3 \u2013 Disclosure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Malaysia\u2019s PDPA Principle 4 \u2013 Security<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Malaysia\u2019s PDPA Principle 6 \u2013 Data Integrity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Try Cookiebot CMP free for 14 days<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 or forever if you have a small website<\/p>\n\n\n\nSummary of Malaysia\u2019s PDPA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n