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Laws of Malaysia
ACT 709
(5) A designation or withdrawal of designation under this
section shall take effect from the date of registration of the
designation or the date of cancellation of the registration of the
designation, as the case may be, or such later date as specified
by the Commissioner.
Register of Data User Forums
22. (1) The Commissioner shall maintain a Register of Data
User Forums in accordance with section 128.
(2) The Register of Data User Forums shall contain the
names of data user forums which have been designated and
registered in pursuance of this Division and any other particulars
regarding such data user forums as may be determined by the
Commissioner.
Code of practice
23. (1) A data user forum may prepare a code of practice—
(a) on its own initiative; or
(b) upon request by the Commissioner.
(2) The data user forum shall, in preparing a code of practice
under subsection (1), consider matters including—
(a) the purpose for the processing of personal data by the
data user or class of data users;
(b) the views of the data subjects or groups representing data
subjects;
(c) the views of the relevant regulatory authority, if any, to
which the data user is subject to; and
(d) that the code of practice, upon having regard to all of
the matters in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) and any other
matters, offers an adequate level of protection for the
personal data of the data subjects concerned.