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
“business” includes the activity of any organisation, whether or not carried on for purposes of gain, or conducted on a regular, repetitive or continuous basis, but does not include an individual acting in his personal or domestic capacity;
(b) a contravention of any written law, or any rule of professional conduct or other requirement imposed by any regulatory authority in exercise of its powers under any written law; or
(c) a circumstance or conduct that may result in a remedy or relief being available under any law;
“national interest” includes national defence, national security, public security, the maintenance of essential services and the conduct of international affairs;
(b) a contravention of any written law or any rule of professional conduct or other requirement imposed by any regulatory authority in exercise of its powers under any written law; or
(e) to conduct research and studies and promote educational activities relating to data protection, including organising and conducting seminars, workshops and symposia relating thereto, and supporting other organisations conducting such activities;
(1) An individual appointed under section 8(1) or an employee of the Authority, who is authorised in writing by the Chief Executive of the Authority for the purpose of this section, may conduct, with the authorisation of the Public Prosecutor, proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act.
(1) In any proceedings for an offence under this Part brought against any employee in respect of an act or conduct alleged to have been done or engaged in, as the case may be, by the employee, it is a defence for the employee to prove that he did the act or engaged in the conduct in good faith —
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an employee who, at the time the act was done or the conduct was engaged in, was an officer and it is proved —
(a) the act was done or the conduct was engaged in with the consent or connivance of that officer; or
(b) the act done or the conduct engaged in was attributable to any neglect on the part of that officer.
(1) The Commission may, upon complaint or of its own motion, conduct an investigation under this section to determine whether an organisation is not complying with this Act.
(3) The Commission may suspend, discontinue or refuse to conduct an investigation under this section if it thinks fit, including but not limited to any of the following circumstances:
(ii) any other circumstances warrant refusing to conduct, suspending or discontinuing the investigation.
(1) Any act done or conduct engaged in by a person in the course of his employment (referred to in this section as the employee) shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as done or engaged in by his employer as well as by him, whether or not it was done or engaged in with the employer’s knowledge or approval.
(2) In any proceedings for an offence under this Act brought against any person in respect of an act or conduct alleged to have been done or engaged in, as the case may be, by an employee of that person, it is a defence for that person to prove that he took such steps as were practicable to prevent the employee from doing the act or engaging in the conduct, or from doing or engaging in, in the course of his employment, acts or conduct, as the case may be, of that description.
(2) Subsection (1) applies also in respect of evidence of the existence of proceedings conducted before the Commission.
(e) the conduct of reviews by the Commission under section 28;
(b) any examination conducted by an education institution, examination scripts and, prior to the release of examination results, examination results;
(i) the personal data was collected or created by a mediator or arbitrator in the conduct of a mediation or arbitration for which he was appointed to act —
(b) any examination conducted by an education institution, examination scripts and, prior to the release of examination results, examination results;
(f) any message the sole purpose of which is to conduct market research or market survey; or
