In light of the recent cases of personal data breach that has occurred in Malaysia, the Department of Personal Data Protection have introduced a public consultation paper on the implementation of Data Breach Notification (“DBN”) which is also generally practised in majority of the countries worldwide.

Malaysia will soon be joining the growing number of global jurisdictions that are adding specific data breach notification requirements to companies operating in Malaysia, re-emphasizing the need for multinational companies to have a global regulatory strategy when it comes to privacy and cybersecurity. Indeed, as Malaysia’s Public Consultation Paper No. 1/2018 states: personal data breach “has become a global threat,” and thus multinationals need to have plans in place to accommodate the growing number of global regulations.