Is 'Publicly Available' Personal Data (s 2(1)) legally binding?

Q: Is 'Publicly Available' Personal Data (s 2(1)) legally binding?

'Publicly Available' Personal Data (s 2(1)) is binding in Singapore. Binding law. It applies to everyone in scope, whether or not anyone points at it. Statutory definition underpinning the publicly available exception: personal data generally available to the public, including data observable by reasonably expected means at a location or event open to the public at which the individual appears.

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'Publicly Available' Personal Data (s 2(1))

Is this legally binding?

Binding. Binding law. It applies to everyone in scope, whether or not anyone points at it.

Statutory definition underpinning the publicly available exception: personal data generally available to the public, including data observable by reasonably expected means at a location or event open to the public at which the individual appears.

From the source
“personal data that is generally available to the public”
s 2(1)

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What this connects to

2 relations. Official relations are the ones the source documents state; anything marked GAGE analysis is our reading, not an agency's.

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