Tay & Partners: Schrems II and the GDPR – where does Malaysia stand?
The recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in C-311/18 (Schrems II) restates the far-reaching impact of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) not only in the European Union, but also to the rest of the world. The key takeaway from Schrems II is that the protection of personal data under GDPR must travel with the data anywhere it goes in the world.
