No. 136 Chapter 69 Gor Government Gazette 27 May 2019 Remarks :- The reason for the enactment of this Act is that nowadays there are and have been many cases of violations of the right to the privacy protection of personal data resulting in the nuisance to or damages to the data subject. In addition, the technological developments has increased the ease, convenience and swiftness of the collection, use and disclosure of personal data that are done in a manner constituting such violations, which also causes the damages to the economy in overall. Therefore, it is appropriate to have the law governing the personal data protection in general in order to prescribe the rules, mechanism, or measures regulating personal data protection as a matter of general principles, and thus the Act is necessary to be enacted. 39