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
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Application of Act
(1) Parts III to VI shall not impose any obligation on —
(a) any individual acting in a personal or domestic capacity;
(b) any employee acting in the course of his employment with an organisation;
(c) any public agency or an organisation in the course of acting on behalf of a public agency in relation to the collection, use or disclosure of the personal data; or
(d) any other organisations or personal data, or classes of organisations or personal data, prescribed for the purposes of this provision.
(2) Parts III to VI (except for section 24 (protection of personal data) and section 25 (retention of personal data)) shall not impose any obligation on a data intermediary in respect of its processing of personal data on behalf of and for the purposes of another organisation pursuant to a contract which is evidenced or made in writing.
(3) An organisation shall have the same obligation under this Act in respect of personal data processed on its behalf and for its purposes by a data intermediary as if the personal data were processed by the organisation itself.
(4) This Act shall not apply in respect of —
(a) personal data about an individual that is contained in a record that has been in existence for at least 100 years; or
(b) personal data about a deceased individual, except that the provisions relating to the disclosure of personal data and section 24 (protection of personal data) shall apply in respect of personal data about an individual who has been dead for 10 years or fewer.
(5) Except where business contact information is expressly referred to, Parts III to VI shall not apply to business contact information.
(6) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Act —
(a) nothing in Parts III to VI shall affect any authority, right, privilege or immunity conferred, or obligation or limitation imposed, by or under the law, including legal privilege, except that the performance of a contractual obligation shall not be an excuse for contravening this Act; and
(b) the provisions of other written law shall prevail to the extent that any provision of Parts III to VI is inconsistent with the provisions of that other written law.
