The Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) has implemented measures to allow BOI promotion applicants and BOI promoted businesses to file more documents online. The BOI has also extended deadlines for BOI promoted businesses to comply with their filing requirements. The BOI supports the work-from-home and the social distancing practices. The major measures include: 1. … Read More
This note discusses some of basic steps which businesses/companies should take to be prepared for compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (“PDPA”) of Thailand. The PDPA implementation will start from its full effective date of 27th May 2020. This note does not constitute a legal advice and it is not supposed to… Read More
In response to the Covid-19 lockdown, the DBD of Thailand has adjusted e-filing systems and implemented new online filing measures to facilitate businesses in complying with their legal filing requirements. This note gives a summary of some of these adjustments and new measures. 1. From 1st April 2020, the following documents can be filed with… Read More
Data Transfer Limitation, Data Retention Limitation and Data Security RequirementsThe Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (“PDPA”) requires Data Controllers (“Controllers”) to comply with the personal data transfer limitation, have appropriate data security measures and comply with the limitation on personal data retention. Transfer LimitationUnder Section 28 of the PDPA, Controllers are prohibited from transferring… Read More
The Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (“PDPA”) requires data portability so that data subjects can obtain their personal data from a Controller in a format usable by another Controller. This is to enhance competition amongst Controllers and to reduce the impact of customer lock-in effects created by non-portable data. Non-rivalrous Nature of Personal DataPersonal… Read More
Actions based on inaccurate personal data may result in bad business decisions and may cause harm to consumers. Data is the fuel which drives business decision making. This is particularly true in the social media, advertising, healthcare, banking and insurance sectors. The importance of data accuracy is set to skyrocket. 5G networks and the Internet… Read More