Thailand’s Parliament passed the Personal Data Protection Act, a bill created to offer citizens similar protections to the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

The data protection law, effective after a one-year transition period, will apply not only to companies located in Thailand, but also overseas companies which collect, use, or disclose personal data of subjects in Thailand, specifically for advertisements and “behavior monitoring.”

The Thai Parliament also passed the National Cybersecurity law which allows the National Cybersecurity Committee (NCSC) to summon individuals for questioning and enter private property without court orders in case of actual or anticipated “serious cyber threats.”

Details from Reuters.

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