In brief
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has recently released a new Notification on Measures to Protect the Rights of Telecommunications Service Users Related to Personal Data, Rights to Privacy, and Liberty to Communicate through Telecommunications (“Telecommunications Data Protection Notification“). This Telecommunications Data Protection Notification repealed and replaced the existing NTC (National Telecommunications Commission, now the NBTC) notification on data protection, which had been applicable to telecommunications business operators since 2006. While the new Telecommunications Data Protection Notification has been updated and revised to align with the Personal Data Protection Act, B.E. 2562 (2019) (PDPA), the notification contains provisions specific to the telecommunications business sector.
Key changes from the previous NTC…
