Division 1 - Consent
13. - Consent required14. - Provision of consent15. - Deemed consent16. - Withdrawal of consent17. - Collection, use and disclosure without consentDivision 2 - Purpose
18. - Limitation of purpose and extent19. - Personal data collected before appointed day20. - Notification of purposeDivision 1 - Preliminary
36. - Interpretation of this Part37. - Meaning of “specified message”38. - Application of this PartDivision 2 - Administration
39. - Register40. - Applications41. - Evidence42. - Information on terminated Singapore telephone numberDivision 3 - Specified message to Singapore telephone number
43. - Duty to check register44. - Contact information45. - Calling line identity not to be concealed46. - Consent47. - Withdrawal of consent48. - Defence for employee49. - Advisory guidelines50. - Powers of investigation51. - Offences and penalties52. - Offences by bodies corporate, etc.53. - Liability of employers for acts of employees54. - Jurisdiction of court55. - Composition of offences56. - General penalties57. - Public servants and public officers58. - Evidence in proceedings59. - Preservation of secrecy60. - Protection from personal liability61. - Symbol of Commission62. - Power to exempt63. - Certificate as to national interest64. - Amendment of Schedules65. - Power to make regulations66. - Rules of Court67. - Saving and transitional provisions68. - Dissolution
1. - An organisation may collect personal data about an individual without the consent of the individual or from a source other2. - In this paragraph and paragraph 1(h) —3. - (1) The conditions in this paragraph shall apply if the personal data is collected under paragraph 1(p).4. - For the avoidance of doubt, personal data disclosed before the appointed day in the circumstances and conditions set out in
1. - An organisation may disclose personal data about an individual without the consent of the individual in any of the following2. - In the case of disclosure under paragraph 1(c), the organisation shall, as soon as may be practicable, notify the individual3. - (1) The conditions in this paragraph shall apply to personal data disclosed under paragraph 1(p).4. - Paragraph 1(q) shall not apply unless —5. - For the avoidance of doubt, personal data collected before the appointed day in the circumstances and conditions set out in
37.
Meaning of “specified message”
(1) Subject to subsection (5), for the purposes of this Part, a specified message is a message, where, having regard to —
(a) the content of the message;
(b) the presentational aspects of the message;
(c) the content that can be obtained using the numbers, URLs or contact information (if any) mentioned in the message; and
(d) if the telephone number from which the message is made is disclosed to the recipient (whether by calling line identity or otherwise), the content (if any) that can be obtained by calling that number,
it would be concluded that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the message is —
(i) to offer to supply goods or services;
(ii) to advertise or promote goods or services;
(iii) to advertise or promote a supplier, or prospective supplier, of goods or services;
(iv) to offer to supply land or an interest in land;
(v) to advertise or promote land or an interest in land;
(vi) to advertise or promote a supplier, or prospective supplier, of land or an interest in land;
(vii) to offer to provide a business opportunity or an investment opportunity;
(viii) to advertise or promote a business opportunity or an investment opportunity;
(ix) to advertise or promote a provider, or prospective provider, of a business opportunity or an investment opportunity; or
(x) any other prescribed purpose related to obtaining or providing information.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(i) to (x), it is immaterial whether —
(a) the goods, services, land, interest or opportunity exist; or
(b) it is lawful to acquire the goods, services, land or interest or take up the opportunity.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a person who authorises another person to offer, advertise or promote the first person’s goods, services, land, interest or opportunity shall be deemed to have authorised the sending of any message sent by the second person that offers, advertises or promotes that first person’s goods, services, land, interest or opportunity.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a person who takes reasonable steps to stop the sending of any message referred to in that subsection shall be deemed not to have authorised the sending of the message.
(5) For the purposes of this Part, a specified message shall not include any message referred to in the Eighth Schedule.
