Last week, the Faculty of Law of the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) hosted a three day seminar named “Making the Ultimate Goal of Data Management”, and invited a data protection officer and leaders in the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) to share practical advice on complying with data protection law in Thailand to a high standard. Approximately 40 participants from government agencies, public companies, the private sector and hospitals attended the event.

Anuwat Ngamprasertkul, Partner at Blumenthal Richter & Sumet, was invited to host a workshop to wrap up the seminar, and using what the participants had learned he assisted them to list down personal identifiable information (PII) and link up the flow from end-to-end in a data mapping activity. He then analyzed compliance with the PDPA in a GAP analysis activity.

The participants provided feedback that they had a much clearer picture on how PII is collected, processed, disclosed and destroyed and on how to identify safeguards for companies as a data controller or data processor to comply with the PDPA law, which will be fully enforced on 1 June 2021.