Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tutorial question 2

Q. Meera has been receiving emails from travel companies that keep offering her holiday packages to various places in the world She replied to the senders to stop emailing her, but only to find that the emails keep coming and flooding her inbox. She came to you to on the legal aspects that may arise out of this practise by the travel company. Advise her on both criminal and data protection aspects.


A.Meera could charge the company under Communications & Multimedia Act 1998. If the company is found guilty. Than the company can pay a fine up to RM 50,000. There are no personal data protection (PDP) laws still available in Malaysia.

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