QC to attend the IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress

29th November – 30th November 2011, Paris, France

QC confirms to attend the International Association Privacy Professional (IAPP) Europe Data Protection Congress as a delegate. QC has registered to attend these sessions: Smart Grid Privacy; Responding to a Multi-Jurisdictional Data Crisis; Cloud Privacy in Policy and Practice; Global Convergence: How the U.S. and the EU are Closer than Commonly Thought; Security Breach Notification: Past, Present and Future; One Tough Cookie: Making Sense of the Amended e-Privacy Directive; We Had a Security Breach – What Do We Do Now?; When International Anti-corruption and Fraud Statutes Conflict with Data Protection Laws; Overcoming the Challenges; and Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) and Data Processors: What’s next?

QC on Biobank Research

QC is currently researching on Malaysian Biobank (The Malaysia Cohort Project) and the impact of its governance vis-à-vis the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010’s 7 data protection principles. Expected deliverable: Quarter 1 of 2012.

 QC teams up with a researcher from Royal Holloway

QC is teaming up with a doctoral researcher, Muhammad Suid of Royal Holloway to examine the privacy, information security and identity management issues in the Total Hospital Information System (THIS). Expected deliverable: Quarter 4 of 2012.

 QC to contribute a chapter in Professor Abu Bakar Munir forthcoming book

QC confirms to contribute a chapter on Professor Abu Bakar Munir’s forthcoming book. Further details will be made known when the time comes.

QC to contribute a chapter in Zaid Hamzah’s forthcoming 8th book

QC confirms to contribute a chapter on cloud computing in Zaid Hamzah’s forthcoming 8th book. Further details will follow suit when the date of book launch is nearer.

QC to present in the 9th International Conference on Cyberspace 2011, Masaryk University, Brno

QC is to present on “Mother: “Baby, we are tagged!” – RFID Tagging in Malaysian Healthcare Service Providers – The Idiosyncrasies of Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010″. (Download Abstract)

QC submitted response to the Public Consultation issued by Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA)

QC submitted its stance to the MICA. Download the paper.