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
(c) the Commission must, as soon as practicable after the delegation, publish a notice of the delegation in the Gazette.
(1) On giving reasonable notice to the organisation, an individual may at any time withdraw any consent given, or deemed to have been given under this Act, in respect of the collection, use or disclosure by that organisation of personal data about the individual for any purpose.
(2) On receipt of the notice referred to in subsection (1), the organisation concerned shall inform the individual of the likely consequences of withdrawing his consent.
(2) The Commission may, on the application of any organisation, by notice in writing exempt the organisation from any requirement prescribed pursuant to subsection (1) in respect of any transfer of personal data by that organisation.
(1) On giving notice, a subscriber or user of a Singapore telephone number may at any time withdraw any consent given to a person for the sending of any specified message to that Singapore telephone number.
(3) If a subscriber or user of a Singapore telephone number gives notice withdrawing consent given to a person for the sending of any specified message to that Singapore telephone number, the person shall cease (and cause its agent to cease) sending any specified message to that Singapore telephone number after the expiry of the prescribed period.
(3) Any approval, authorisation, decision, direction, exemption, guideline or notice (or other document) given or made by the Former Commission under this Act before the appointed date remains valid and is deemed to have been given or made by the Commission under this Act, to the extent that it is not inconsistent with this Act as amended by the Info communications Media Development Authority Act 2016.
(4) A member of the Appeal Panel may resign by giving notice in writing to the Minister.
(1) For the purposes of an investigation under section 50, the Commission or an inspector may, by notice in writing to any organisation, require the organisation to produce to the Commission or the inspector a specified document or specified information, which the Commission or inspector considers relates to any matter relevant to such investigation.
(2) A notice under sub-paragraph (1) shall indicate the purpose for which the specified document or specified information is required by the Commission.
(3) The Commission may specify in the notice —
(a) specified or described in the notice; or
(b) falling within a category which is specified or described in the notice.
(2) No inspector or person assisting the inspector shall enter any premises in exercise of the powers under this paragraph unless the inspector has given the occupier of the premises a written notice which —
(a) gives at least 2 working days’ notice of the intended entry; and
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) shall not apply if the inspector has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the premises are, or have been, occupied by an organisation which is being investigated in relation to a contravention of this Act and if the inspector has taken all such steps as are reasonably practicable to give written notice under that sub-paragraph but has not been able to do so.
