Is Deemed Consent (ss 15, 15A) legally binding?

Q: Is Deemed Consent (ss 15, 15A) legally binding?

Deemed Consent (ss 15, 15A) is binding in Singapore. Binding law. It applies to everyone in scope, whether or not anyone points at it. Consent is deemed where an individual voluntarily provides data for a purpose and it is reasonable they would; deemed consent by notification (s 15A, from 1 Feb 2021) requires an adverse-effect assessment and reasonable steps to bring the proposed processing and opt-out window to the individual's attention.

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Deemed Consent (ss 15, 15A)

Is this legally binding?

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

Consent is deemed where an individual voluntarily provides data for a purpose and it is reasonable they would; deemed consent by notification (s 15A, from 1 Feb 2021) requires an adverse-effect assessment and reasonable steps to bring the proposed processing and opt-out window to the individual's attention.

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What this connects to

3 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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ObligationNotification Obligation (s 20)Binding
s 15A(4) requires bringing purpose information to the individual's attention

Cited by2

EventPersonal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2020Binding
Act 40 of 2020 inserted s 15A deemed consent by notification
SectionPart 4, Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal DataBinding
Structural decomposition of the source instrument

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