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
(b) such number of Deputy Commissioners for Personal Data Protection, Assistant Commissioners for Personal Data Protection and inspectors, as the Commission considers necessary.
(a) develop and implement policies and practices that are necessary for the organisation to meet the obligations of the organisation under this Act;
(b) retention is no longer necessary for legal or business purposes.
(i) is necessary for the performance of any such function or discharge of any such duty; or
For the purposes of this Act, if any doubt arises as to whether anything is necessary for the purpose of, or could be contrary to, the national interest, a certificate signed by the Minister charged with responsibility for that matter shall be conclusive evidence of the matters stated therein.
(1) The Commission may, with the approval of the Minister, make such regulations as may be necessary or expedient for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act and for prescribing anything that may be required or authorised to be prescribed by this Act.
(7) For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any provision of section 96 of the Info communications Media Development Authority Act 2016, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision, as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.
(a) the collection is necessary for any purpose that is clearly in the interest of the individual, if consent for its collection cannot be obtained in a timely way or the individual would not reasonably be expected to withhold consent;
(b) the collection is necessary to respond to an emergency that threatens the life, health or safety of the individual or another individual;
(d) the collection is necessary in the national interest;
(e) the collection is necessary for any investigation or proceedings, if it is reasonable to expect that seeking the consent of the individual would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the personal data;
(f) the collection is necessary for evaluative purposes;
(j) the collection is necessary for the provision of legal services by the organisation to another person or for the organisation to obtain legal services;
(a) the personal data collected must be necessary for the organisation to determine whether to proceed with the business asset transaction; and
(a) the use is necessary for any purpose which is clearly in the interests of the individual, if consent for its use cannot be obtained in a timely way or the individual would not reasonably be expected to withhold consent;
(b) the use is necessary to respond to an emergency that threatens the life, health or safety of the individual or another individual;
(d) the use is necessary in the national interest;
(e) the use is necessary for any investigation or proceedings;
(f) the use is necessary for evaluative purposes;
(h) the use is necessary for the provision of legal services by the organisation to another person or for the organisation to obtain legal services;
(a) the disclosure is necessary for any purpose which is clearly in the interests of the individual, if consent for its disclosure cannot be obtained in a timely way;
(b) the disclosure is necessary to respond to an emergency that threatens the life, health or safety of the individual or another individual;
(e) the disclosure is necessary in the national interest;
(f) the disclosure is necessary for any investigation or proceedings;
(g) the disclosure is to a public agency and such disclosure is necessary in the public interest;
(h) the disclosure is necessary for evaluative purposes;
(i) the disclosure is necessary for the organisation to recover a debt owed by the individual to the organisation or for the organisation to pay to the individual a debt owed by the organisation;
(j) the disclosure is necessary for the provision of legal services by the organisation to another person or for the organisation to obtain legal services;
(n) the personal data is disclosed to any officer of a prescribed law enforcement agency, upon production of written authorisation signed by the head or director of that law enforcement agency or a person of a similar rank, certifying that the personal data is necessary for the purposes of the functions or duties of the officer;
(a) the personal data must be necessary for the prospective party to determine whether to proceed with the business asset transaction; and
(1) An Appeal Committee shall have all the powers and duties of the Commission that are necessary to perform its functions and discharge its duties under this Act.
(c) any message which is necessary to respond to an emergency that threatens the life, health or safety of any individual;
(a) take with him such equipment as appears to him to be necessary;
(f) take any step which appears to be necessary for the purpose of preserving or preventing interference with any document which he considers relates to any matter relevant to the investigation.
(a) to enter the premises specified in the warrant, using such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose;
(i) such action appears to be necessary for preserving the document or preventing interference with it; or
(e) to take any other step which appears to be necessary for the purpose mentioned in sub-paragraph (d)(i);
(8) Any person entering any premises by virtue of a warrant under this paragraph may take with him such equipment as appears to him to be necessary.
