Myanmar Trademark Law 2019 (“MTL”) The MTL establishes a new trademark registration system in line with international standards and practices which will come into force when the President of Myanmar publishes an announcement to that effect (expected within Q1 of 2020) replacing the current system of Declaration of Trademark Ownerships (“DTO”) registration and Cautionary Notices... Read More

On 13th November 2019, the Microfinance Supervisory Committee of the Ministry of Planning and Finance issued its Directive No. 2/2019 on Customer Due Diligence for Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting Financing of Terrorism (“Directive”) for microfinance institutions (“MFIs”) operating in Myanmar to comply.  The MFIs are required to conduct customer due diligence (“CDD”) and they are... Read More

On 3rd December 2019, the Consumer Protection Committee issued its Directive No. 2/2019 on the labeling requirements of the 8 groups of products listed below effective from 16th March 2020. –   Group A: Food products; –   Group B: Household products; –   Group C: Kids products; –   Group D: Telecommunication products; –   Group E: Pharmaceutical and... 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