Thailand: Compliance

On September 4, 2026, Thailand’s prime minister convened the first meeting of the Data Center Business Policy Committee. The committee endorsed a draft policy framework for the data center industry and tasked four subcommittees with developing the standards that would sit beneath it, shifting away from fragmented, agency-by-agency approvals toward a unified national strategy aiming to maximize economic value while managing environmental and infrastructure concerns.

Foreign business restrictions on telecommunications, treasury center businesses, and intragroup support services were eased when Thailand published the Ministerial Regulation Prescribing Service Businesses Not Requiring Permission for Foreign Business Operations (No. 5) B.E. 2569 (2026) in the Government Gazette on August 28, 2026. The ministerial regulation expands the categories of service businesses that foreign investors may operate without a foreign business license (FBL) under the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) (FBA).

Food businesses in Thailand face a complex regulatory landscape when packaging randomized toys or collectibles with their products. Understanding Thai FDA requirements for nonfood objects, toy safety standards, and gambling law considerations becomes essential as blind-box-style promotions gain popularity in the confectionery and snack markets.

Carbon markets have moved to the forefront of corporate and regulatory agendas as global attention to climate change and sustainability intensifies.

Thailand's Personal Data Protection Act faces significant amendments that could reshape how government agencies and private organizations handle personal data. The proposed changes introduce new exemptions for anticorruption operations, clarify which entities qualify as government agencies, and fundamentally restructure the legal framework for data processing to align with international standards like the GDPR. These modifications would shift consent from a default requirement to one of seven equal lawful b

Thailand's central bank has proposed sweeping changes to digital banking security rules that would phase out SMS-based authentication and mandate biometric verification for large transactions. The draft notification extends security requirements beyond mobile banking to internet channels and nonbank providers, responding to evolving fraud tactics targeting gaps in the current regulatory framework.

Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) has significantly revised its post-approval compliance framework for projects that receive investment promotion incentives, replacing the previous semiannual reporting...

On May 14, 2026, Thailand published a ministerial regulation in the Government Gazette to prescribe measures for prevention and suppression of technology crimes.

Arbitrator independence and impartiality form the cornerstone of a legitimate arbitral process. Under section 19 of the Thai Arbitration Act B.E. 2545 (2002)...