Personal Data Protection Order, 2025 · As enacted · Part · Preliminary
22. Protection of personal data
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An organisation shall protect personal data in its possession or under its control by making reasonable security arrangements to prevent -
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;
(a} unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal, or similar risks; and
(bJ the loss of any storage medium or device on which personal data is stored.
loss
"loss" means - {a} a loss in property or a supply of services, whether temporary or permanent; or (b) a loss of an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration or to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration, but does not include, in relation to an individual, the loss of personal data about the individual.
Terms defined in this Act
loss
Defined · s 30"loss" means - {a} a loss in property or a supply of services, whether temporary or permanent; or (b) a loss of an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration or to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration, but does not include, in relation to an individual, the loss of personal data about the 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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