The objectives of this study are to study data protection acts or privacy acts of various countries such as U.S.A., U.K., Sweden, Australia, Japan, and the European commission, and a draft of a Privacy Bill that has been developed in Thailand. Thirty resource people are selected as the group for reacting to the draft bill. They are divided into three groups: 1) heads of departments or computer centers of commercial banks, export companies, private enterprises and hospitals; 20 professors in faculty of computer sciences and law schools; and 3) legal specialists who are in charge of governing, law enforcement, and passing the act. The reactions have been done by oral interviews and written surveys. Based on the feedback of the experts, the revised bill has been sent to these experts again for final scrutiny. Finally, the bill has been drafted, composed of 6 sections and 55 articles: Articles 1-2: Responsible organizations and definitions of the terms as used in the bill; Section 1 (Articles 6-13): Permission for personal data collection and storage; Section 2 (Articles 14-21): Making assess to/disclosure personal data; Section 3 (Articles 22-28): Updating personal data fiels; Section 4 (Articles 29-37): Personal Data Protection Committee; Section 5 (Articles 38-49): Investigations; and Section 6 (Articles 50-55) Penalties. The bill resulting from this research will be reviewed by those with the authority and responsibility to formally propose it to the legislature. the knowledge and the guidelines derived from this bill will stimulate those involved in information technology and privacy issues to start thinking seriously about the need for such laws in the present or in the future.
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