Is Document data lineage and provenance legally binding?

Q: Is Document data lineage and provenance legally binding?

Document data lineage and provenance is guidance in Singapore. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it. Organisations should understand and document data lineage, where the data came from, how it was collected, curated and moved within the organisation, and keep data provenance records.

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Document data lineage and provenance

Is this legally binding?

Guidance. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it.

Organisations should understand and document data lineage, where the data came from, how it was collected, curated and moved within the organisation, and keep data provenance records.

pdpc.gov.sgSection 3, Operations Management (data lineage), pp.36-38Show it on the map

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