Code of ethics means data-use charters which regulates the conduct of a data controller or data processor prepared in accordance with section 65 of the Personal Data Protection Act which has directed as follows:
1.Every data controller shall draw and put in place a code of ethics or policy for personal data protection which shall prescribe for ethics and conduct to be complied with during collection or processing of personal data.
2.Such codes or policies shall be submitted to the Commission for consideration and approval.
3.In considering the codes of ethics or policies, the Commission shall ascertain, among other things, whether the drafts submitted to it have complied with the provisions of this Act and the relevant sector and where it considers necessary, seek the views of data subjects or their representatives and consult with the data controller concerned for the purposes of undertaking necessary amendments prior to the approval.