PDPC Advisory Guidelines on Use of Personal Data in AI Recommendation and Decision Systems (1 Mar 2024)
Is this legally binding?
Guidance. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it.
GUIDANCE interpreting the binding PDPA: clarifies when organisations can use personal data to develop, test, monitor and deploy AI Systems (machine-learning recommendation/decision systems). Advisory only, not legally binding itself; the PDPA prevails over any inconsistency.
From the source
“These Guidelines are advisory in nature, are not legally binding on the Commission or on any other party, and do not constitute legal advice.”
Cover; Part II
Instrument record
- Short name
- PDPC AI Advisory 2024
- Date
- 2024-03-01
- Version
- Not versioned
- Cluster
- core
What this connects to
8 relations. Official relations are the ones the source documents state; anything marked GAGE analysis is our reading, not an agency's.
Part of1
- InstrumentPersonal Data Protection Act 2012 (No. 26 of 2012)Binding
Advisory guidelines interpret binding PDPA obligations for AI recommendation and decision systems; they are not themselves legally binding
Issued by2
- AgencyPersonal Data Protection Commission (PDPC)Binding
- AgencyInfocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)Guidance
Guidelines state 'Supported by Infocomm Media Development Authority'
Cites2
- InstrumentAI Verify Testing Framework and ToolkitGuidance
Para 10.10 recommends AI Verify technical tests and process checks to support notifications and written policies
- InstrumentModel AI Governance Framework, 2nd Edition (2020)Guidance
Para 10.9 refers organisations to the Model AI Governance Framework (stakeholder interaction) and ISAGO
Cited by3
- SectionDimension 2: DataGuidance
GenAI MGF Data dimension footnote cites PDPC Advisory Guidelines on Use of Personal Data in AI Recommendation and Decision Systems
- ObligationClarify how personal data laws apply to generative AIGuidance
Footnote cites PDPC Advisory Guidelines on personal data in AI recommendation and decision systems
- InstrumentPDPC Advisory Guidelines on Use of Personal Data in Generative AI (final, 20 Jul 2026)Guidance
GenAI Guidelines 'build on and should be read in conjunction with' the 2024 AI recommendation/decision guidelines
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