(Unofficial Translation)
No. 136 Chapter 69 Gor
Government Gazette
27 May 2019
Section 36
In the case where the data subject requests the Data
Controller to act in compliance with section 35, if the Data Controller does not take action
regarding the request of the data subject, the Data Controller shall record such request of the
data subject together with reasons, in the record as prescribed in section 39.
The provisions of section 34 paragraph two shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Section 37
The Data Controller shall have the following duties:
(1) provide appropriate security measures for preventing the unauthorized or
unlawful loss, access to, use, alteration, correction or disclosure of Personal Data, and such
measures must be reviewed when it is necessary, or when the technology has changed in order
to efficiently maintain the appropriate security and safety. It shall also be in accordance with the
minimum standard specified and announced by the Committee;
(2) in the circumstance where the Personal Data is to be provided to other
Persons or legal persons, apart from the Data Controller, the Data Controller shall take action to
prevent such person from using or disclosing such Personal Data unlawfully or without
authorization;
(3) put in place the examination system for erasure or destruction of the
Personal Data when the retention period ends, or when the Personal Data is irrelevant or beyond
the purpose necessary for which it has been collected, or when the data subject has request to
do so, or when the data subject withdraws consent, except where the retention of such Personal
Data is for the purpose of freedom of expression, the purpose under section 24 (1) or (4) or
section 26 (5) (a) or (b) , the purpose of the establishment, compliance or exercise of legal
claims, or defense of legal claims, or the purpose of compliance with the law. The provision in
section 33 paragraph five shall be used to govern the erasure or destruction of Personal Data
mutatis mutandis;
(4) notify the Office of any Personal Data breach without delay and, where
feasible, within 72 hours after having become aware of it, unless such Personal Data breach is
unlikely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of the Persons. If the Personal Data breach
is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of the Persons, the Data Controller
shall also notify the Personal Data breach and the remedial measures to the data subject without
delay. The notification and the exemption to the notification shall be made in accordance with
the rules and procedures set forth by the Committee;
(5) in the event of being the Data Controller pursuant to section 5 paragraph
two, the Data Controller shall designate in writing a representative of the Data Controller who
must be in the Kingdom of Thailand and be authorized to act on behalf of the Data Controller
without any limitation of liability with respect to the collection, use or disclosure of the Personal
Data according to the purposes of the Data Controller.
Section 38
The provisions of t h e representative designation in section
37 (5) shall not apply to the following Data Controller:
(1) the Data Controller which is a public authority as prescribed and
announced by the Committee;
(2) the Data Controller which engages in the profession or business of
collecting, using, or disclosing Personal Data, that does not have the nature pursuant to section
26, and does not have a large amount of Personal Data as prescribed by the Committee in section
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