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Singapore: Passed Amendment to Personal Data Protection Act

Policy overview

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Passed Amendment to Personal Data Protection Act

On 2 November 2020, the Personal Data Protection Act Amendment was passed by the Singapore Parliament. The Amendment stipulates, that in the case of a data breach, there would need to be a mandatory notification system to the Personal Data Protectio…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
data protection authority

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2020-10-05
under deliberation

On 5 October 2020, the Personal Data Protection Act Amendment was introduced to the Singapore Parli…

2020-11-02
under deliberation

On 2 November 2020, the Personal Data Protection Act Amendment was passed by the Singapore Parliame…

2020-11-25
adopted

On 25 November 2020, the Personal Data Protection Act Amendment was signed by the President of Sing…

2021-02-01
in force

On 1 February 2021, the provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act Amendment concerning data br…

2021-10-01
in force

Following the adoption of the Personal Data Protection Act amendment, the Personal Data Protection …

2022-10-01
in force

On 1 October 2022, the increase of the maximum financial penalty imposable for data breaches is ful…