Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) is among the wave of privacy laws coming into effect on a global scale. After years of legislative attempts, Thailand has created the PDPA to govern data protection and allow the people of Thailand to exercise their right to privacy.
Taking effect on May 31, 2022, the PDPA applies to any organization, large or small, processing personal data while supplying goods or services to Thailand residents or operating within the country. Similar to the GDPR and Brazil’s LGPD, the PDPA assures a set of rights, or protections, to data subjects.