Mass Media and Personal Data Protection Act

Abstract

Thailand has enacted the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) to provide equal protection of personal data rights to every individual. The press may have the right and freedom to present news and opinions to the public as specified by law, but any activities that violate personal data rights such as the collection of personal data to make news without advance notification or the distribution of other people’s personal data through media without consent, causing damage to the data subject, may result in legal penalties for non-compliance with the PDPA. The media therefore has to seriously study the details of this Act and be more careful in producing news and screening information before publishing it to the public.