Vilaiporn Taweelappontong says the recent WikiLeaks data scandal "provides a lesson to be learned" for governments. In the Bangkok Post, Taweelappontong, who is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Thailand, writes that Thailand has to strengthen its privacy laws. "Privacy is an individual right and privacy law is supposed to protect and preserve those rights," he says, adding that the recently drafted data protection law intends to do just that. "The challenges after such laws have been launched are awareness and consistency in their implementation across all government agencies," Taweelappontong writes. He goes on to offer tips on how Thai organizations can improve their data protection practices.
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