What Is Law on Electronic Data Protection No. 25/NA?
Law on Electronic Data Protection No. 25/NA is dated 12 May 2017 in the official Lao trade-portal record; a Japanese regulator report identifies 21 October 2017 as the effective date. The located material supports access, update or edit, stop-transfer, deletion, and complaint or dispute routes. The statute names the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication, while current portal metadata names the Ministry of Technology and Communications. No independent privacy authority was located in the supplied research. This is a bounded evidence profile: the Lao controlling text remains important for interpreting the law, and no Lao-specific data-broker or people-search route, rights-response deadline, or dedicated independent privacy authority was located in the reviewed materials.
At a glance
- Full name
- Law on Electronic Data Protection No. 25/NA
- Short code
- Lao Law 25/NA
- Jurisdiction
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Enacted
- 2017
- Last major update
- The official Lao trade-portal record dates Law No. 25/NA to 12 May 2017; a Japanese regulator report identifies 21 October 2017 as the effective date, while the Lao controlling text remains important for interpretation
- Regulator
- Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication (named in the statute); current portal metadata names the Ministry of Technology and Communications; no independent privacy authority located
- Private right of action
- Limited
- Statutory citation
- Law on Electronic Data Protection No. 25/NA
Scope, who Lao Law 25/NA covers
Protected data
Data subject rights
Right of access
Right to update or edit data
Right to request that transfer be stopped
Right to deletion
Right to use the complaint or dispute routes identified in the law
Notable features
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication is named in the statute, while current portal metadata names the Ministry of Technology and Communications. The official Lao trade-portal record dates the law to 12 May 2017, and a Japanese regulator report identifies 21 October 2017 as the effective date; the Lao controlling text remains the primary interpretive source.
Enforcement & penalties
Penalties: The supplied research summary did not provide a consolidated penalty schedule or amount, so no penalty figure is stated here.
Private right of action: The supplied research identifies complaint or dispute routes, but does not establish a separate private damages action or an independent privacy authority.
Relevance to data brokers
No Lao People's Democratic Republic-specific data-broker, people-search, or public-record removal route was located. The general rights identified in the law should not be presented as a confirmed broker-specific opt-out process.
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FAQ
What rights were located in Lao People's Democratic Republic's electronic-data protection law?+
The supplied research identifies access, update or edit, stop-transfer, deletion, and complaint or dispute routes.
Is there a Lao People's Democratic Republic-specific data-broker opt-out route?+
No dedicated data-broker, people-search, or public-record removal route was located in the supplied research pass.
What commencement date is identified for the Lao electronic-data law?+
The official Lao trade-portal record dates the law to 12 May 2017, and a Japanese regulator report identifies 21 October 2017 as the effective date; the Lao controlling text remains important for interpretation.
Official sources & citations
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