Personal Data Protection
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investments, financing, banking and insurance, but does not include
a credit reporting business carried out by a credit reporting agency
under the Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010.
PART II
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
Division 1
Personal Data Protection Principles
Personal Data Protection Principles
5. (1) The processing of personal data by a data user shall
be in compliance with the following Personal Data Protection
Principles, namely—
(a) the General Principle;
(b) the Notice and Choice Principle;
(c) the Disclosure Principle;
(d) the Security Principle;
(e) the Retention Principle;
(f) the Data Integrity Principle; and
(g) the Access Principle,
as set out in sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
(2) Subject to sections 45 and 46, a data user who contravenes
subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be
liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand ringgit or
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
General Principle
6. (1) A data user shall not—
(a) in the case of personal data other than sensitive personal
data, process personal data about a data subject unless
the data subject has given his consent to the processing
of the personal data; or
(b) in the case of sensitive personal data, process sensitive
personal data about a data subject except in accordance
with the provisions of section 40.