No. 136 Chapter 69 Gor
Government Gazette
27 May 2019
the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.
Section 3 In the event that there is any sector-specific law governing the
protection of Personal Data in any manner, any business or any entity, the provisions of
such law shall apply, except:
(1) for the provisions with respect to the collection, use, or disclosure of
Personal Data and the provisions with respect to the rights of data subjects including
relevant penalties, the provisions of this Act shall apply additionally, regardless of
whether they are repetitious with the above specific law.
(2) for the provisions with respect to complaints, provisions gr ant ing
power to the expert committee to issue an order to protect the data subj ect, and
provisions with respect to the power and duties of the Competent Official, including
relevant penalties, the provisions of this Act shall apply in the following circumstances:
(a) in the event that such law has no provision with respect to complaints;
(b) in the event that such law has the provisions giving the power to
the competent official, who has the power to consider the complaints under such law, to
issue an order to protect the data subject, but such power is not equal to the power of the
expert committee under this Act; and either the competent official who has power under
such law makes a request to the expert committee, or data subject files a complaint with the
expert committee under this Act, as the case may be.
Section 4 This Act shall not apply to:
(1) the collection, use, or disclosure of the Personal Data by a Person who
collects such Personal Data for personal benefit or household activity of such Person only;
(2) operations of public authorities having the duties to maintain state
security, including financial security of the state or public safety, including the duties with
respect to the prevention and suppression of money laundering, forensic science or
cybersecurity;
(3) a Person or a juristic person who uses or discloses Personal Data that is
collected only for the activities of mass media, fine arts, or literature, which are only in
accordance with professional ethics or for public interest;
(4) The House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Parliament, including
the committee appointed by the House of Representatives, the Senate, or the Parliament,
which collect, use or disclose Personal Data in their consideration under the duties and power
of the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Parliament or their committee, as the case
may be;
(5) trial and adjudication of courts and work operations of officers in legal
proceedings, legal execution, and deposit of property, including work operations in
accordance with the criminal justice procedure;
(6) operations of data undertaken by a credit bureau company and its
members, according to the law governing the operations of a credit bureau business.
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