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Laws of Malaysia
ACT 709
(d) an enforcement notice, means the data user on whom the
enforcement notice is served;
“credit reporting business” has the meaning assigned to it in
the Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010;
“Commissioner” means the Personal Data Protection Commissioner
appointed under section 47;
“third party”, in relation to personal data, means any person
other than—
(a) a data subject;
(b) a relevant person in relation to a data subject;
(c) a data user;
(d) a data processor; or
(e) a person authorized in writing by the data user to process
the personal data under the direct control of the data
user;
“relevant filing system” means any set of information relating
to individuals to the extent that, although the information is
not processed by means of equipment operating automatically
in response to instructions given for that purpose, the set of
information is structured, either by reference to individuals or by
reference to criteria relating to individuals, in such a way that
specific information relating to a particular individual is readily
accessible;
“data subject” means an individual who is the subject of the
personal data;
“appointed date” means the relevant date or dates, as the case
may be, on which this Act comes into operation;
“code of practice” means the personal data protection code
of practice in respect of a specific class of data users registered
by the Commissioner pursuant to section 23 or issued by the
Commissioner under section 24;
“commercial transactions” means any transaction of a commercial
nature, whether contractual or not, which includes any matters
relating to the supply or exchange of goods or services, agency,