Statutory bodies exempted from portions of Personal Data Protection Act 2012 *

Singapore - April 26 2013
The Personal Data Protection (Statutory Bodies) Notification 2013, which is effective from 20 March 2013, sets out a list of 66 statutory bodies…

Co-authors: Alexander Yap, Dr Stanley Lai, SC.

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MAS issues Response from consultation on designating tax crimes as money laundering predicate offences *

Singapore - April 25 2013
On 28 March 2013, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (the "MAS") issued its Response to feedbak received pursuant to the consultation paper on…

Co-authors: Aaron Lee, Karen Tiah, Wong Sook Ping, Adrian Ang, Francis Mok.

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Public consultation on proposed regulations and advisory guidelines under personal Data Protection Act 2012 *

Singapore - March 27 2013
Between 5 February 2013 and 19 March 2013, the Personal Data Protection Commission (the "Commission") conducted a public consultation on the proposed…

Co-authors: Alexander Yap, Dr Stanley Lai, SC.

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New obligation to report suspicious activities and incidents of fraud to MAS in prescribed form *

Singapore - February 27 2013
On 23 January 2013, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (the "MAS") issued new Notices to entities regulated by the MAS (the "Regulated Entity")…

Co-authors: Aaron Lee, Karen Tiah, Wong Sook Ping, Adrian Ang, Francis Mok.

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Partial commencement of Personal Data Protection Act on 2 January 2013 *

Singapore - January 31 2013
On 2 January 2013, provisions in the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (the "PDPA") relating to the scope and interpretation of the PDPA…

Co-authors: Alexander Yap, Dr Stanley Lai, SC.

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