Topic: PDPA

Singapore Releases Proposed Advisory Guidelines on Use of Personal Data in AI Recommendation and Decision Systems

On 18 July 2023, Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) issued its Proposed Advisory Guidelines on Use of Personal Data In AI Recommendation and Decision Systems (the Proposed AI Advisory Guidelines) for public consultation. The Proposed AI Advisory Guidelines address the following: The Proposed AI Advisory Guidelines may be accessed here. A brief summary of, … Continue reading

European Commission and ASEAN releases Guide to ASEAN Model Contractual Clauses and EU Standard Contractual Clauses

By Marcus Evans (UK), Anna Gamvros, Wilson Ang and Jeremy Lua (SG) on June 26, 2023 Posted in Data Protection, Data Transfer, PDPA, Privacy law

Introduction To enable international businesses to comply with cross-border personal data transfers and the relevant laws across the European Union (EU) and South-East Asia, on 24 May 2023 the European Commission and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) published a Reference Guide to ASEAN Model Contractual Clauses (ASEAN MCCs) and EU Standard Contractual Clauses … Continue reading

Essential guidance for employers on COVID-19 measures at the workplace from 26 April 2022

By Wilson Ang, Jeremy Lua (SG) and Wang Chen Yan on May 17, 2022 Posted in PDPA, Privacy law

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 set of guidelines for employers on the COVID-19 measures to be implemented at the workplace applicable from 26 April … Continue reading

Essential guidance for employers on COVID-19 measures at the workplace from 1 January 2022 (including recent updated measures announced on 27 December 2021)

By Wilson Ang, Jessica Paulin (SG), Jeremy Lua (SG) and Parry Tan on December 29, 2021 Posted in PDPA

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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”) and the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (“TAFEP”) have collectively issued guidance for employers … Continue reading

A Tale of Two Cities: The Right of Private Action in Data Protection in Singapore and Hong Kong

By Wilson Ang, Anna Gamvros, Jeremy Lua (SG) and Edward Yau (HK) on November 2, 2021 Posted in Dispute resolution and litigation, General, PDPA, Privacy law

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 v. Reed, Michael, Mr. Bellingham obtained the email addresses of his former employers’ customers without their … Continue reading

Amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act In Force

By Stella Cramer (SG), Wilson Ang, Jeremy Lua (SG) and Crystal Wong on February 1, 2021 Posted in Data breach, Data Transfer, PDPA

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; the gazetted Commencement Notification. This legal update provides a high-level summary of the PDPA Amendments that have taken … Continue reading