The Singapore Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts ("MICA") has released the much-anticipated draft Personal Data Protection Bill ("Draft Bill"). Parliament is expected to pass the Draft Bill in the third quarter of 2012.
The introduction of personal data protection legislation in Singapore is considered by many to be a timely move in light of the high-profile thefts of customer personal data from companies such as Sony Corporation and UK-based Codemasters. Prior to this, Singapore did not have any over-arching legislation to protect personal data.
The Draft Bill when passed will be known as the Personal Data Protection Act ("PDPA"). While the PDPA is intended to be a baseline law which will operate along with the existing sector specific laws, the PDPA is fairly ambitious in proposing to extend its provisions to organisations which may not be physically located in Singapore but are engaged in data collection, processing or disclosure of such data within Singapore.
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