Legal redress for identity theft in Malaysia: a hope or hype?

• Main Author: Zulhuda, Sonny
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: K Law (General); K1401 Intellectual Property; K5000 Criminal Law
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/87817/7/87817_Legal%20redress%20for%20identitytheft%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87817/13/87817-Presenters.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87817/14/87817-Silver%20Award.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87817/; https://www.iium.edu.my/irie/14/s14/author/list_p.php

Identity theft is described as unlawful acquisitions of personal data that belongs to other individuals. It provides ―ammunitions‖ for further action such as credit cards forgery or impersonated bank accounts that are used as a platform for further crimes. Though identity theft incidents increase f...