Personal Data Protection Order, 2025 · As enacted · Part · Preliminary
16. Personal data collected before commencement of Order
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Notwithstanding the other provisions in this Part, an organisation may use personal data about an individual collected before the date of commencement of this Order for the purposes for which the personal data was collected unless -
organisation
"organisation" includes any individual, company, association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporated, whether or not- (a} formed or recognised under the law of Brunei Darussalam; or (bJ resident, or having an office or a place of business, in Brunei Darussalam;
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fa} consent for such use is withdrawn in accordance with section 13; or
{b} the individual, whether before, on or after the date of commencement of this Order, has otherwise indicated to the organisation that he opts-out or otherwise does not consent to the use of the personal data.
No organisation shall use a Brunei Darussalam telephone number of the individual for the purpose of sending a direct marketing message unless the organisation has given the individual a reasonable opportunity to opt-out from receiving the direct marketing message.
direct marketing message
"direct marketing message" means a message, whether in sound, text, visual or other form, containing advertising or marketing material of a commercial nature which is directed to a particular individual;
Terms defined in s 2
direct marketing message
Defined · s 2"direct marketing message" means a message, whether in sound, text, visual or other form, containing advertising or marketing material of a commercial nature which is directed to a particular individual;
organisation
Defined · s 2"organisation" includes any individual, company, association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporated, whether or not- (a} formed or recognised under the law of Brunei Darussalam; or (bJ resident, or having an office or a place of business, in Brunei Darussalam;
personal data
Defined · s 2"personal data" means data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified - (a} from that data; or (bJ from that data and other information to which the organisation has or is likely to have access;
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