Laws and regulations

The new cybersecurity bill may be delayed because many of the important posts and committees critical to the law’s effectiveness will have to be appointed by the new government, whose formation date is uncertain, says a legal expert. Keep reading ...

The new Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) in Thailand will stimulate spending on data protection technologies in 2019, says Dell EMC. Data loss has proved far more expensive for Asia-Pacific and Japanese organisations, according to the IT firm. On average, 20 hours of downtime in ...

The National Education Bill – which was drafted in the hope of bringing better changes to the Kingdom’s educational sector, is far too flawed to sail through, a prominent educator said.“I believe this bill will not be implemented as law, as it has too many ...

Following growing pressure over its intention to help farmers, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) this past week decided to amend the bill one last time in an attempt to reach compromise. But still, the bill’s content was tied up with complicated plant varieties and plant ...

Rights organisations and activists have red-flagged the recently approved cybersecurity law and are urging candidates in the March 24 election to push for amendments to narrow its interpretation and guard against infringements on freedom of expression and freedom of privacy. While legislators insist that the ...

The National Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed the cybersecurity bill in its second and third readings with 133 votes in favour and 16 abstentions. The bill gives authorities the right to bypass court orders in “critical” situations.Keep reading ...

The country’s major big business representative has asked the government for a 45-day delay in new regulations on recycling and disposal of electronics waste. The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) claims that haste on waste laws could cost up to (exactly) 753,357 workers their jobs. ...

Legislation set for final reading coming week appears to have been gutted of measures to improve production and reward farmers for their hard work and wisdom.Everyone involved agrees that the rice bill – Thailand’s first legislation aimed at guiding holistic management of production – began ...

The latest version of the cybersecurity bill set to pass the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) next week has been amended to add a requirement for court warrants in cases that the state authority wants to access computer systems to obtain users’ personal information. Keep reading ...

New cybersecurity and data protection bills are being pushed through with little oversight because of sweeping state powers, warn rights defenders and privacy experts. A core concern is the provision that would allow seizure of computers and servers without a court order. Critics say the ...