Personal Data Protection Act 2010 s 39
s 39 Extent of disclosure of personal data
Notwithstanding section 8, personal data of a data subject may be disclosed by a data user for any purpose other than the purpose for which the personal data was to be disclosed at the time of its collection or any other purpose directly related to that purpose, only under the following circumstances:
(a) the data subject has given his consent to the disclosure;
(b) the disclosure β
(i) is necessary for the purpose of preventing or detecting a crime, or for the purpose of investigations; or
(ii) was required or authorized by or under any law or by the order of a court;
(c) the data user acted in the reasonable belief that he had in law the right to disclose the personal data to the other person;
(d) the data user acted in the reasonable belief that he would have had the consent of the data subject if the data subject had known of the disclosing of the personal data and the circumstances of such disclosure; or
(e) the disclosure was justified as being in the public interest in circumstances as determined by the Minister.
Malay text (authoritative)
Takat penzahiran data peribadi
Walau apa pun seksyen 8, data peribadi seseorang subjek data boleh dizahirkan oleh seorang pengguna data bagi apa-apa maksud selain maksud yang baginya data peribadi itu sepatutnya dizahirkan pada masa pengumpulannya atau apa-apa maksud lain yang berkaitan secara langsung dengan maksud itu, hanya di bawah hal keadaan yang berikut:
(a) subjek data itu telah memberikan persetujuannya bagi penzahiran itu;
(b) penzahiran ituβ
(i) perlu bagi maksud mencegah atau mengesan suatu jenayah, atau bagi maksud penyiasatan; atau
(ii) dikehendaki atau dibenarkan oleh atau di bawah mana-mana undang-undang atau oleh perintah suatu mahkamah;
(c) pengguna data bertindak atas kepercayaan yang munasabah bahawa dia ada hak di sisi undang-undang untuk menzahirkan data peribadi itu kepada orang lain itu;
(d) pengguna data bertindak atas kepercayaan yang munasabah bahawa dia akan mendapat persetujuan subjek data jika subjek data itu mengetahui tentang penzahiran data peribadi itu dan hal keadaan mengenai penzahiran itu; atau
(e) penzahiran itu berjustifikasi oleh sebab ia berkepentingan awam dalam hal keadaan yang ditentukan oleh Menteri.
Read this section in the full act β Β· Open Division 4 β
Find Act 709 on lom.agc.gov.my β
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
