by Donovan & Ho | Nov 9, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial
As mentioned in our previous article, the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) apply to organizations that control or process personal data of subjects in the European Union. We have written various articles on the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 of Malaysia...
by Donovan & Ho | Sep 3, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial
In the highly publicised Chatime-Tealive dispute, it was alleged that the Chatime franchisee used raw materials that were not approved by the franchisor under the franchising agreement. Franchising in Malaysia is heavily regulated by the Franchise Act 1998...
by Donovan & Ho | Aug 20, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial
It is well known that directors owe fiduciary duties to their company. Tasked with top-level management, the Companies Act 2016 outlines statutory duties required of them to maintain the company as a going concern. These duties include the duty to act in the best...
by Donovan & Ho | Aug 2, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Employment Law
Private employment agencies (informally, but commonly referred to here as “headhunters” or “recruitment agencies”) are regulated by the Private Employment Agencies Act 1981 (“Act”). The Private Employment Agencies (Amendment) Act 2017 (“Amendments”) came...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 16, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial
From Cambridge Analytica’s alleged hijacking of 87 million Facebook users’ data, to something even closer to home, being Lowyat’s news expose of local telco’s database of 46 million mobile phone numbers and Astro’s IPTV customer details being made available for sale...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 9, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial
Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) is a delivery model in which software features, applications and services are made available to customers via the Internet, typically hosted on a cloud platform and where customers are charged for consumption of the services on a...
