In the tutorial class, Sir Sonny had give us handouts of the privacy terms of some companies' websites in Malaysia. He asked us to read the privacy terms, compare it and summarize whether or not it is aligned with the Data Protection Principles that we've learned in the lecture. we have to discuss it in a group and present it to the class. As the groups were presenting after one another, we found that most of the privacy terms made by these companies in their websites are not fully aligned with the Data Protection Principles. most of these websites states that they are free to use and process the personal data collected with any means and for any purpose. another statement made by some of the companies is that they will disclose the personal data of their customers to other companies without having to inform the data subjects!
All this while, I have never care about the privacy terms when i'm surfing a website, but after this tutorial class, i found that i am seriously aware about a website's privacy terms and i am very careful before i provide my personal data to them.
As a data subject, i really hope that the companies in Malaysia will amend and align their websites' privacy terms according to the Data Protection Principles.
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