It is necessary for the government and the organizations which are engaged in the fight against the crimes to stay ahead of the criminals. This fact, gains more importance in regards to the cybercrimes. Cybercrimes have recently taken the shape of economic crimes due to the crimes made dealing with the economic transactions. What makes such crimes possible to be committed within an organization (the data user), is the situations which give this people opportunity to commit the crime, pressure to do so and the lack of integrity in the organizational culture.
There are many people and organizations that use internet and ICT in a positive way, but still there are many who use this technology to advance their malicious intents and make unlawful commercial use of other people’s information without their consent.
What makes personal data protection inevitable is that everyday businesses and financial transactions are becoming more and more internet and ICT dependant. This will lead to the internet-based related crimes of identity theft, privacy disclosure and money laundering.
Malaysia becoming one of the fastest growing economies in the region with an increasing e-transaction trend welcomed by the public, the need for a legislation to protect costumers was being felt more than ever. The Malaysian government proved its commitment to protect the people’s rights and passed the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 to regulate the processing of personal data in the context of commercial transactions by data users and safeguard the interests of data subjects.
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