Section 1 - This Act is called the "Personal Data Protection Act, B.E.2562 (2019)"Section 2 - This Act shall come into force on the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette, exceptSection 3 - In the event that there is any sector-specific law governing the protection of Personal Data in any manner, any businessSection 4 - This Act shall not apply to:Section 5 - This Act applies to the collection, use, or disclosure of Personal Data by a Data Controller or a Data ProcessorSection 6 - In this ActSection 7 - The Minister of Digital Economy and Society shall be in charge under this Act, and shall have the power to
Section 8 - There shall be a Personal Data Protection Committee, consisting of:Section 9 - There shall be a selection committee of eight members having the duty to select the appropriate persons who should beSection 10 - In selecting the Chairperson in section 8 (1) or the honorarySection 11 - The Chairperson and the honorary director shall have the qualifications, and shall not be under the following prohibited characteristics:Section 12 - The Chairperson and the honorary director shall hold office for a term of four years.Section 13 - In addition to vacating office upon the expiration of the term under section 12, the Chairperson and the honorary directorSection 14 - At a meeting of the Committee, the presence of not less than one-half of all the members is required toSection 15 - Any member who has a direct or indirect interest in the matter being considered in the meeting, shall inform theSection 16 - The Committee shall have the following duties and power:Section 17 - The Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson, and Committee shall receive a meeting allowance and other benefits in accordance with the rules prescribedSection 18 - The Committee shall have the power to appoint sub-committees for considering or performing any act as prescribed by the Committee.
Part 1 - General Provisions
Section 19 - The Data Controller shall not collect, use, or disclose Personal Data, unless the data subject has given consent prior toSection 20 - In the event that the data subject is a minor who is not sui juris by marriage or has noSection 21 - The Data Controller shall collect, use, or disclose Personal Data according to the purpose notified to the data subject priorPart 2 - Personal Data Collection
Section 22 - The collection of Personal Data shall be limited to the extent necessary in relation to the lawful purpose of theSection 23 - In collecting the Personal Data, the Data Controller shall inform the data subject, prior to or at the time ofSection 24 - The Data Controller shall not collect Personal Data without the consent of the data subject, unless:Section 25 - The Data Controller shall not collect Personal Data from any other source, apart from the data subject directly, except where:Section 26 - Any collection of Personal Data pertaining to racial, ethnic origin, political opinions, cult, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual behavior, criminalPart 3 - Use or Disclosure of Personal Data
Section 27 - The Data Controller shall not use or disclose Personal Data without the consent of the data subject, unless it isSection 28 - In the event that the Data Controller sends or transfers the Personal Data to a foreign country, the destination countrySection 29 - In the event that the Data Controller or the Data Processor who is in the Kingdom of Thailand has putSection 30 - The data subject is entitled to request access to and obtain copy of the Personal Data related to him orSection 31 - The data subject shall have the right to receive the Personal Data concerning him or her from the Data Controller.Section 32 - The data subject has the right to object the collection, use, or disclosure of the Personal Data concerning him orSection 33 - he data subject shall have the right to request the Data Controller to erase or destroy the Personal Data, orSection 34 - The data subject shall have the right to request the Data Controller to restrict the use of the Personal Data,Section 35 - The Data Controller shall ensure that the Personal Data remains accurate, up-to-date, complete, and not misleading.Section 36 - In the case where the data subject requests the Data Controller to act in compliance with section 35, if theSection 37 - The Data Controller shall have the following duties:Section 38 - The provisions of t h e representative designation in section 37 (5) shall not apply to the following Data Controller:Section 39 - The Data Controller shall maintain, at least, the following records in order to enable the data subject and the OfficeSection 40 - The Personal Data Processor shall have the following duties:Section 41 - The Data Controller and the Data Processor shall designate a data protection officer in the following circumstances:Section 42 - The data protection officer shall have the following duties:
Section 43 - There shall be an Office of the Personal Data Protection Committee, whose objectives are to protect Personal Data, encourage andSection 44 - In addition to the Office’s duty to carry out its operations to achieve the objectives as set out in sectionSection 45 - In carrying out the Office’s operation, apart from those stipulated under section 44, the Office shall also have the powerSection 46 - The fund and properties used in the Office’s business operations shall consist of the following:Section 47 - The immovable properties that the Office acquires by the purchase or exchange using the Office’s revenue in section 46 (4)Section 48 - There shall be a commission supervising the Office of Personal Data Protection Committee consisting of a Chairperson, who is selectedSection 49 - There shall be a selection committee of eight members, consisting of the persons appointed by the Committee, having the dutySection 50 - In selecting the Chairperson and the honorary director in section 48, the selection committee shall select the persons who haveSection 51 - The Chairperson and the honorary director in section 48 shall hold office for a term of four years.Section 52 - n the case where the Chairperson or the honorary director in section 48 vacates office before the expiration of theSection 53 - At a meeting of the commission supervising the Office of Personal Data Protection Committee, the presence of not less thanSection 54 - The Commission Supervising the Office of Personal Data Protection Committee shall have the following powers and duties:Section 55 - The commission supervising the Office of Personal Data Protection Committee shall have the power to appoint a sub-committee to performSection 56 - The Chairperson and members of the commission supervising the Office of Personal Data Protection Committee, advisers of the commission supervisingSection 57 - There shall be a Secretary-General who is appointed by the commission supervising the Office of Personal Data Protection Committee andSection 58 - A person to be appointed Secretary-General must have the qualifications as follows:Section 59 - Any person holding any of the following prohibiting characteristics shall not be Secretary-General:Section 60 - The Secretary-General shall hold office for each term of four years and may be reappointed. However, the Secretary-General shall notSection 61 - In each year, the performance of the Secretary-General shall be evaluated in accordance with the period and method prescribed bySection 62 - In addition to vacating office upon the expiration of the term in section 60, the Secretary-General shall vacate office upon:Section 63 - The Secretary-General shall have the following duties andSection 64 - In the Office’s affairs related to the third party, the Secretary-Section 65 - The commission supervising the Office of Personal Data Protection Committee shall be responsible for determining salary rate and other benefitsSection 66 - In the interests of administration of the Office, the Secretary- General may request a civil official, staff, officer, or employeeSection 67 - For the civil official or government official who is working in compensation for the scholarship granted to him or herSection 68 - Accounting of the Office shall be made in accordance with international standards according to the forms and rules prescribed bySection 69 - The Office shall prepare financial statements and accountingSection 70 - The Office shall prepare an annual operation report and submit to the commission supervising the Office of Personal Data Protection
Section 71 - The Committee shall appoint one or more expert committees based upon their field of expertise, or as the Committee deemsSection 72 - The expert committee shall have the following duties andSection 73 - The data subject has the right to file a complaint in the event that the Data Controller or the DataSection 74 - In the event that a complainant does not comply with the rules provided in section 73 paragraph two, or theSection 75 - The expert committee shall have the power to order any person to submit documents or information in connection with theSection 76 - In order to act in accordance with this Act , the Competent Officer shall have the following duties and power:
Part 1 - Criminal Liability
Section 79 - Any Data Controller who violates the provisions under section 27 paragraph one or paragraph two, or fails to comply withSection 80 - ny person who comes to know the Personal Data of another person as a result of performing duties under thisSection 81 - In the case where the offender who commits the offense under this Act is a juristic person and the offensePart 2 - Administrative Liability
Section 82 - Any Data Controller who fails to comply with section 23, section 30 paragraph four, section 39 paragraph one, section 41Section 83 - Any Data Controller who violates or fails to comply with section 21, section 22, section 24, section 25 paragraph one,Section 84 - Any Data Controller who violates section 26 paragraph one or three, or section 27 paragraph one or paragraph two, orSection 85 - Any Data Processor who fails to comply with section 41 paragraph one, or section 42 paragraph two or three, shallSection 86 - Any Data Processor who fails to comply with section 40 without appropriate reasons, or fails to send or transfer theSection 87 - Any Data Processor who send or transfer the Personal Data under section 26 paragraph one or three, by not complyingSection 88 - Any representative of the Data Controller or of the Data Processor who fails to comply with section 39 paragraph oneSection 89 - Any person who fails to act in compliance with the order given by the expert committee, or fails to provideSection 90 - The expert committee shall have the power to render the punishment a s an administrative fine prescribed in this Part.Section 91 - At the early stage, the Committee shall consist of committee members under section 8 (2) and (3), and the Secretary-GeneralSection 92 - A commission supervising the Office of the Personal Data Protection Committee shall be set up within ninety days from theSection 93 - The Office shall be set up in order to operate in accordance with this Act within one year from theSection 94 - At the early stages, the Cabinet shall allocate the initial budget for the Office as necessary.Section 95 - For Personal Data that has previously been collected by a Data Controller before the effective date o f this Act,Section 96 - The issuance of the regulations and notifications in accordance with this Act shall be completed within one year from the
This Act shall come into force on the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette, except for the provisions of Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter V, Chapter VI, Chapter VII, and section 95, and section 96, which shall come into effect after the lapse of a period of one year from the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.
The Prime Minister shall publish names of the Chairperson in section 8 (1) or honorary directors in section 8 (4) who are appointed by the Cabinet in the Government Gazette.
(5) not having been previously fired, dismissed or discharged from official service, a government agency or a state enterprise or private agency on the grounds of dishonest performance of duties or having committed severe wrongful conducts;
(2) to promote and support government agencies and the private sector in carrying out of activities in accordance with the master plan under (1), as well as to conduct the evaluation of the operation result of such master plan;
(9) to provide advice or consultancy on any operation for the protection of Personal Data of the government agency and private agency, in acting in compliance with this Act;
The Office shall act as a government agency, with the status of a juristic person. The Office shall not be deemed a public sector under the law on administrative organization of the state, or a state enterprise under the law on budget procedures or other laws.
The Office shall be deemed a government agency under the law on tort liability of government official.
(5) to liaise with the public sector, state enterprises, local government administration, public organizations, or other organizations of the country regarding Personal Data protection;
(6) to provide consultations to government agency and private agency in acting in compliance with this Act;
(7) to act as the center to provide academic services or services related to Personal Data protection to the government agency, private agencies, and the public, including to promote and provide knowledge and understanding regarding Personal Data protection;
(1) initial budget provided by the government under section 94 paragraph one;
(2) general grants as reasonably provided by the government on a yearly basis;
(3) subsidy from domestic or international government agencies, or international governmental organizations;
The Committee shall publish names of the appointed Chairperson and the honorary directors in section 48 in the Government Gazette.
For the rules in (2), if there is a restriction of the power of the Secretary- General in entering into a juristic act with a third party, it must be published in the Government Gazette.
(4) being a civil official, staff, or employee of government agency, or state enterprise, or other governmental organization, or local official agency;
In the interests of administration of the Office, the Secretary- General may request a civil official, staff, officer, or employee of a public sector, government agency, state enterprise, civil local administration, public organization or other government agencies to work as its temporary staff or employee, provided that the approval is obtained from his or her supervisor or employer with an agreement made at the time of such approval. In the event that a government official is approved to work as a temporary staff or employee, it shall be deemed that such person is permitted to leave the original official service or employment to perform any work.
Upon the end of the term approved to work for the Office, the government official in paragraph one shall be entitled to return and be appointed to be in office and to receive the salary in the original official service or work unit not lower than the original level of position and salary according to the agreement made at the time of the approval.
In the event that such government official has returned and been appointed to work in the original official service or work unit in paragraph two, the period that such government official worked for the Office shall be counted as full time working in such original official service or work unit, as the case may be, for the purpose of calculating pension or other benefits of the same nature.
For the civil official or government official who is working in compensation for the scholarship granted to him or her by a public sector, or government agency and is transferred to work at the Office by the approval of his or her supervisor of the original public sector or government agency, it shall be deemed that working in the Office has reimbursed the compensation under the scholarship contract and the work period with the Office shall be counted as a time period of compensation for the scholarship.
In the event that any government agency makes a request that the Office’s officer who is working in compensation for the scholarship granted to him or her by the Office to be a civil official or government official in such government agency, such request must be approved by the Secretary-General first and it shall be deemed that working in such government agency has reimbursed the compensation under the scholarship contract and the work period with such government agency shall be counted as the time period of compensation for the scholarship.
The Government Audit Office or a certified public accountant approved by the Government Audit Office shall be the Office’s auditor and shall evaluate the Office’s expenditures and property on an annual basis and report the auditing results to the commission supervising the Office of Personal Data Protection Committee for certification.
In order to appoint the Competent Officer, the Minister shall consider appointing such person from the civil officials or other government officials whose position is not lower than a civil official at the operational level or equivalent, and having the qualifications in accordance with the notification issued by the Committee.
(2) an action taken in compliance with an order of a government official exercising its duties and power under the law;
(3) where it is a disclosure to a domestic or a foreign government agency which has authority under the law;
Any person who fails to act in compliance with the order given by the expert committee, or fails to provide statement of facts under section 75, or fails to comply with section 76(1), or fails to facilitate government officials under section 76 paragraph four, shall be punished with an administrative fine not exceeding Baht five hundred thousand.
The Ministry shall propose to the Cabinet to consider procuring a civil official, official, staff, or any other operating officer in other government organizations to temporarily act as an official of the Office within the period specified by the Cabinet.
It shall be deemed that the civil official, official, staff, or any other operating officer in other government organizations who temporarily act as an official of the Office in accordance with paragraph two remains in his or her own position, and still receive salary or wages, as the case may be, from his or her original department. The Committee may also determine a special remuneration for the civil official, staff, official, or any other operating officer in other government organizations in accordance with paragraph two during his or her operation in the Office.
Within one hundred and eighty days from the date on which the Office has been set up, the Office shall proceed to recruit the civil official, official, staff, or any other operating officer in other government organizations in accordance with paragraph two to be a permanent official of the Office afterwards.
Any civil official, official, staff, or any other operating officer in other government organizations who has been recruited and seated in accordance with paragraph four shall have his or her working period for his or her previous department continued and counted together with his or her working period for the operation in the Office under this Act.
