Singapore: PDPC advisory guidelines on key concepts in the Personal Data Protection Act

Progress

Current status

adopted

16 May 2022 adopted

Scope

Implementers

Singapore

Policy Area

Data governance

Policy Instrument

Data protection regulation

Regulated Economic Activity

cross-cutting

Government Branch

executive

Government Body

data protection authority

Implementation Level

national

Timeline of events

16 May 2022

adopted

Issued PDPC advisory guidelines on key concepts in the Personal Data Protection Act

On 16 May 2022, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) issued revised advisory guidelines on key concepts in the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). These guidelines provide a detailed definition of "personal data" and clarify the scope of …

Source

Event type outline

Action type adoption

Government branch executive

Government body data protection authority

Progress

Scope

Timeline of events

Issued PDPC advisory guidelines on key concepts in the Personal Data Protection Act

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