4 June 2020
Introduction
The Ministry of Communications and Information and the Personal Data Protection Commission (“PDPC”) launched a public consultation on the draft Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill (“the Bill”) which closed on 28 May 2020. The Bill incorporates feedback received from PDPC’s earlier consultations. The key amendments under the Bill includes a new mandatory data breach notification requirement, expansion of the scope of deemed consent, a new data portability obligation, and increased enforcement powers.
This article will discuss the proposed amendments and the impact it will have on the data protection framework in Singapore.
The full article can be found from Zicolaw's site here.
For more information, please contact:
Heng Jun Meng, ZICO IP
jun.meng.heng@zicolaw.com
