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PDPA Section 4 — Exemptions
Personal Data Protection Act (พระราชบัญญัติคุ้มครองข้อมูลส่วนบุคคล) — Section 4.
Plain-English Summary
Lists activities outside the Act's scope, including collection purely for personal or household purposes; state agencies acting for national security, public safety, anti-money-laundering, forensic science or cybersecurity; media, artistic and literary work within professional ethics; Parliament and its committees; the courts and the criminal-justice process; and credit-bureau data under the Credit Information Business law.
Official Text
Official Thai text at the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State. Translation summary only.
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Personal Data Protection Act
พระราชบัญญัติคุ้มครองข้อมูลส่วนบุคคล · B.E. 2562 (2019)
The Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) is Thailand's first consolidated data-protection statute and is closely modelled on the EU GDPR. It was given royal assent on 24 May 2019, but its core operative chapters were postponed by Royal Decree and took full effect only on 1 June 2022. The Act regulates the collection, use and disclosure of personal data by data controllers and processors, creates the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) and its Office, grants data subjects GDPR-style rights, and carries civil, criminal and administrative liability with administrative fines of up to THB 5 million.
The summary above is a plain-English educational paraphrase of Section 4 of the Personal Data Protection Act. It is not an authoritative translation. For the binding Thai text, consult the Royal Gazette or the Office of the Council of State. Educational use only — not a substitute for advice from a Thai-qualified lawyer.
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