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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.
In compliance with the PDPA, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) as the enforcement body (similar to the PCPD). It governs the collection, use, disclosure and care of personal data in Singapore (Chesterman, 2012). [12] The main differences lie in their enforcement.
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
An Act to prevent the electronic communication in Singapore of false statements of fact, to suppress support for and counteract the effects of such communication, to safeguard against the use of online accounts for such communication and for information manipulation, to enable measures to be taken to enhance transparency of online political advertisements, and for related matters.
The right of access, also referred to as right to access and (data) subject access, is one of the most fundamental rights in data protection laws around the world. For instance, the United States, Singapore, Brazil, and countries in Europe have all developed laws that regulate access to personal data as privacy protection.
Singapore provides basic protection for foreign domestic workers, such as a standard number of working hours and rest days. Foreign workers can also report their employers to the Ministry of Manpower in the case of mistreatment, and employers have been fined or even jailed when found guilty of such acts.
Germany released a statute (§ 3 Sec. 4 Teledienstedatenschutzgesetz [Teleservices Data Protection Act]) back in July 1997. [32] The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) includes ‘data protection by design’ and ‘data protection by default’, [33] [34] [12] the second foundational
On the European level, it is the G29 and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). The process was backed in 2005 by the Council of Europe, during the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis, November 2005), and in 2006/2007 within forums on Internet governance (Athens 2006, Rio 2007).