Singapore: Higher Fines for Breach of Personal Data Protection Act 2012

New Fines for Personal Data Protection Act Violations From 1 October 2022, companies that breach [...]

Singapore ACRA Seeks Feedback on Data and Corporate Transparency 

Singapore ACRA striking a balance between corporate transparency and personal data privacy The Accounting and [...]

Singapore Court Clarifies Private Actions Under Personal Data Protection Act 2012

Private actions under the Personal Data Protection Act must suffer loss within common law heads [...]

Singapore High Court Considers Right To Private Action Under The Personal Data Protection Act 2012

The scope of a person’s right of private action under the Personal Data Protection Act [...]

New PRC Data Protection Laws Elevated To Matter Of National Security

The New PRC Data Protection Laws Elevates Data Protection Into The Realm Of National Security [...]

MIT Launches New Data Privacy Initiative

MIT Data Privacy Initiative To Combine Computer Science With Public Policy Strategic use of data [...]

ASEAN Proposes Model Clauses for Cross-Border Data Transfers

ASEAN Model Clauses primarily designed for data transfers of data between ten ASEAN member states [...]

WhatsApp Updated Privacy Policy from a Singapore Law Perspective

WhatsApp and the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 In Singapore, the collection, use and [...]

Singapore PDPA vs Europe GDPR

Singapore PDPA (personal data protection act) went into effect in 2014 On 25th May 2018, [...]

Singapore Updates Its Data Privacy Law

Singapore Parliament Increases Data Privacy Obligations of Organizations Singapore’s data protection law, the Personal Data [...]