On 8 May 2021, the Royal Gazette published the "Royal Decree Prescribing an Entity and Business in which the Data Controller is Exempt from the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) (No.2) B.E. 2564 (2021)". As a result, the previous one-year long postponement of the effective date of key operative provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) ("PDPA") has been postponed from 1 June 2021 to 1 June 2022.
The rationale for the further postponement is the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and its significant impact on entities and businesses in both the private and public sectors across the country, which has delayed the PDPA readiness of many. When combined with the need to utilise advanced technology to implement the PDPA provisions, it was deemed reasonable to postpone the full implementation of the PDPA until 1 June 2022.
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