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ASEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY MINISTERS MEETING (TELMIN)
FRAMEWORK ON PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
The Telecommunications and IT Ministers of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of
Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic,
Malaysia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines,
the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of
Viet Nam (hereinafter referred to collectively as “ASEAN Member States” or
“Participants”; or individually as “ASEAN Member State” or “Participant”);
COMMITTED to an inclusive and integrated ASEAN through cooperation in the
field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and to propel ASEAN
towards a digitally-enabled economy that is secure, sustainable and
transformative;
RECOGNISING the importance in strengthening personal data protection with a
view to contributing to the promotion and growth of trade and flow of information
within and among ASEAN Member States in the digital economy;
RECALLING the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint 2025 adopted by
the ASEAN Leaders at the 27th ASEAN Summit on 22 November 2015 in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, which called for the establishment of a coherent and
comprehensive framework for personal data protection;
FURTHER RECALLING the ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2020 (AIM2020) adopted at
the 15th ASEAN Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers
Meeting (TELMIN) on 27 November 2015 in Da Nang, Viet Nam, which called for
greater cooperation and the development of a regional framework on personal data
protection;
HAVING REGARD to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC)
Privacy Framework (2015) as well as other internationally recognised standards or
frameworks on personal data protection;
DESIRING to foster closer understanding, information sharing, exchange of good
practices, joint activities and cooperation in ASEAN in the area of personal data
protection in accordance with the domestic laws, policies and regulations of
ASEAN Member States;
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