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The PDPA establishes the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) as the regulatory authority governing data protection in Singapore. The PDPC enforces the PDPA and publishes advisory guidelines on the interpretation of the PDPA. [7] To date, the PDPC has enforced the PDPA against a number of organisations.
Personal data in Singapore is protected under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA). The PDPA establishes a data protection law that comprises various rules governing the collection, use, disclosure and care of personal data. Access to personal data is laid out as part of Part IV, chapter 21 which states that on request of an individual ...
In January 2013, Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act 2012 came into effect in three separate but related phases. [citation needed] The phases continued through July 2014 and dealt with the creation of the Personal Data Protection Commission, the national Do Not Call Registry, and general data protection Rules.
Whereas the privacy law in Hong Kong is governed by the PDPO as previously mentioned, the authority in Singapore would be the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). In compliance with the PDPA, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) as the enforcement body (similar to the PCPD).
PDPA can refer to: People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan – a communist party; Personal Data Protection Act 2012 – a Singapore law governing the use and protection of personal data; Professional Dart Players Association – a trade association for darts players
The data protection reform package also includes a separate Data Protection Directive for the police and criminal justice sector that provides rules on personal data exchanges at State level, Union level, and international levels. [8] A single set of rules applies to all EU member states.
Saudi Arabia: No national authority is responsible for data protection. Singapore: A Personal Data Protection Commission is created following the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (Singapore) South Korea: Personal Information Protection Commission (South Korea) (PIPC) Taiwan: No national authority is responsible for data protection.
The Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (DPA) [16] and the Swiss Federal Data Protection Ordinance (DPO) entered into force on July 1, 1993. The latest amendments of the DPA and the DPO entered into force on January 1, 2008. The DPA applies to the processing of personal data by private persons and federal government agencies.