The personal data safety of cyber users is a threat in today's digital world. The public knows that the Covid-19 pandemic has become a catalyst for the digital technology transformation in the history of human civilization. This article aspires to test a model created to examine the factors protecting the safety of Malaysian youth's data. The questionnaire is circulated online among young people aged 19 years to 30 years using multistage random sampling. A total of 535 respondents were selected from Putrajaya and Cyberjaya as a free trial spot area provided by the government. The instruments are developed based on 11 constructs attitude, subjective norms, behavioral control, intention, environment support, usefulness, ease of use, trust, treatment assessment, coping skills, and self-efficacy. The model was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling with IBM-SPSS AMOS 27.0 software. This approach is employed to test the developed model yielded from several established theories such as the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB), Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), and Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). The results of this study show that all constructs referred to as MyPROTECT achieved the goodness fit model for this study.
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