THE government is in the midst of improving existing laws on data protection to counter current challenges and cyber threats.

Referring to a recent hacking incident involving Universiti Malaya’s e-pay portal on Thursday, Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo said the improvements are in line with the development of new technologies to maintain data security.

“In our country, we have laws that have been in place since 2010, and I think we have reached a point where we need to improve on it.

“To me, the current law is enforceable. At the same time, we need to look at how we can implement amendments to strengthen and tighten existing laws to meet the challenges and threats we face today.”

Gobind said this while winding up his debate on the Supply Bill 2020 on behalf of his ministry at the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.

He said the Amendment Bill was expected to be tabled during the next Parliament session between March and May.

“I am in the process of improving the existing provision to address cyber security and data security issues.” – Bernama, October 31, 2019.