– Unofficial Translation –
Notification of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society
Re: Criteria, Period of Time and Procedures for Blocking Dissemination
or Deletion of Computer Data by the Competent Official or Service Provider
B.E. 2560 (2017)1
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Whereas, it is expedient to prescribe the criteria, period of time and procedures
for blocking the dissemination or deletion of computer data by the competent official or
service provider in observance of the court’s order to block the dissemination of or to
delete the computer data which constituted an offence, so that the practice is consistent.
By virtue of Section 4 in conjunction with Section 20, Paragraph four of the
Computer-Related Crime Act B.E. 2550 (2007) as amended by the Computer-Related
Crime Act (No. 2) B.E. 2560 (2017), the Minister of Digital Economy and Society issued
the following Notification:
Clause 1 This Notification is called “Notification of the Ministry of Digital
Economy and Society Re: Criteria, Period of Time and Procedures for Blocking
Dissemination, or Deletion of Computer Data by the Competent Official or Service
Provider B.E. 2560 (2017)”.
Clause 2 This Notification shall come into force as from the day directly
following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.
Chapter 1
General Provisions
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Clause 3
In this Notification:
“computer system” means any device or a group of interconnected or related
devices, one or more of which pursuant to a program or, instruction or anything else,
performs automatic processing of data.
“computer data” means information, messages and concepts or instructions, a
program or anything else in a form suitable for processing in a computer system, and
shall include electronic data under the law on electronic transaction.
“service provider” means:
(1) A person who, either in his/her own name or in the name or for the benefit
of another person, provides to other persons with access to the internet or the ability to
communicate by other means through a computer system.
1 Government Gazette, Volume 134, Special Part 188 Ngor / Pages 21-24 / 22 July B.E. 2560 (2017)
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