Seybold Report ISSN: 1533-9211
S. Kamaruddin1, Z. Hamin,2 N.N. Mohd Saufi 3, W. R. Wan Rosli 4, A.R. Abd Rani 5 A.M. Mohamad 6
1Faculty of Management & Economics, Sultan Idris Education University, 35950, Perak
2 4 5 Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 40100, Selangor Darul Ehsan
3 Faculty of Business Management & Professional Studies, Management & Science University, Shah Alam 40100, Selangor Darul Ehsan
6 Faculty of Law, University Utara Malaysia
.Email: * 1saslina@fpe.edu.my, 2zaiton303@uitm,edu.my 3nadia_nabila@msu,edu.my 4rosalili@uitm.edu.my, 5ridhwanrani@uitm.edu.my and 6animunirah@uum.edu.my
Vol 17, No 10 ( 2022 ) | Licensing: CC 4.0 | Pg no:2293-2302 | Published on: 31-10-2022
Abstract
The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly taking hold across global businesses. There was an increase of 32 percent in planned AI adoption in Malaysia since 2017 due to more significant smart cities’ initiatives and applications in public safety and intelligent transportation. However, such AI development is beset with privacy and data breaches since the existing data protection law merely protects against personal data's inappropriate use for commercial purposes. The recent trends indicate the failure of the current legal modality to deal with such breaches and the severe gaps in data management and protection. Given the above, this paper aims at examining the legal issues of privacy and data protection and the challenges attached to the adoption of artificial intelligence technology in Malaysia. This research adopts a doctrinal research methodology, a systematic means of legal reasoning, including analyzing the primary and secondary resources. The findings indicate that artificial intelligence evolves; it magnifies the ability to use personal information that may intrude on privacy. Thus, the breach of privacy and the use of personal data without legal supervision or proper governance could result in the deprivation of privacy and abuse of personal data which could be used to commit cybercrime.
Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Data Protection, Data Breach, Covıd19 and Malaysia