On 7 June 2023, at the ATxAISummit, Singapore launched the AI Verify Foundation, which aims to “harness the collective power and contributions of the global open source community” in order to develop the AI Verify testing tool for the responsible
Relying on the Legitimate Interests Exception under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012
In a recent decision (the Decision),[1] the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) considered for the first time a company’s reliance on the Legitimate Interests Exception (as defined below) under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (
A Look Back On Five Key Developments in Cybersecurity and Data Protection in Southeast Asia in 2022
With the year 2022 firmly in the rear view, and as we look to start the new year in 2023, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Regulatory Compliance and Investigations team looks back and rounds up the five key cyber and data protection
Essential guidance for employers on COVID-19 measures at the workplace from 26 April 2022
As Singapore takes its next step towards living with COVID-19, the Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”), the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) (collectively, the “Tripartite Partners”) have issued a revised
Essential guidance for employers on COVID-19 measures at the workplace from 1 January 2022 (including recent updated measures announced on 27 December 2021)
As part of Singapore’s move towards living with COVID-19 as an endemic disease, the country has been making efforts to re-open its economy. In order to facilitate the safe re-opening of the economy, the Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”)
A Tale of Two Cities: The Right of Private Action in Data Protection in Singapore and Hong Kong
The Singapore High Court and the Hong Kong District Court have both considered the right to compensation for injury to feelings in two recent cases involving misuse of personal data but arrived at different conclusions.
- Singapore: In Bellingham, Alex
Amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act In Force
On 29 January 2021, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) announced that certain sections of the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2020 (the PDPA Amendments) will take effect from 1 February 2021 – please see PDPC’s announcement
Singapore tables changes to the Personal Data Protection Act in Parliament
Following the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore (PDPC) public consultation in May this year (Public Consultation), the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill (Bill) was introduced and had its first reading
Singapore’s Public Consultation on proposed changes to the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act
On 14 May 2020, the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore (PDPC) announced a public consultation (the Public Consultation) on the draft Personal Data Protection (Amendment)
Singapore Updates Its Model Artificial Intelligence Governance Framework
On 21 January 2020 at a meeting at the World Economic Forum, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) and Infocommunications Media Development Authority (IMDA) released the second edition of its Model Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Governance Framework (“Model Framework”).