Sidley Austin Partner Yuet Ming Tham reports on important changes to Singapore’s Data Privacy Regime. With the Personal Data Protection Commission issuing a statement confirming its intent to introduce mandatory data breach notification requirements and a discussion paper on the benefits of data portability, both are expected to be introduced in future Personal Data Protection Act amendments. The notification mandate would require organizations to notify affected individuals and the PDPC when a breach exposes an individual to harm or in the event that more than 500 individuals' personal data is impacted.
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