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REVEALED: Personal data at risk in govt hands | Vintage Vibes

Participants join a Cyber Security Framework seminar at the Impact Muang Thong Thani convention centre on May 3. The forum drew representatives from 23 cyber technology-related units of the Royal Thai Police. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)

Only one month after enforcing the law to protect the Thai people's personal data security and privacy, the government had a change of heart.

Instead of imposing the PDPA law on all organisations that handle data, the government has helped some government agencies to bypass the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) in the name of "national security" and "public service". As a result, government, national security agencies, the courts, public attorneys, police and tax authorities will be permitted to collect, access, and transfer our data with impunity.

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