Wong & Partners – Q&A on Appointment of Data Protection Officer and Data Breach Notification

The guidelines on Appointment of Data Protection Officer (DPO) and Data Breach Notification (DBN) respectively have now been published by the Personal Data Protection Commissioner (Commissioner). They provide the necessary details to supplement sections 12A and 12B of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA), which will come into force on 1 June 2025.

This article highlights key information from the guidelines in a question and answer (Q&A) format, aiming to assist organisations, whether as data controllers or data processors, in their next steps to comply with the new legal obligations on DPO and DBN.