Is Part 5, Access to and Correction of Personal Data legally binding?

Q: Is Part 5, Access to and Correction of Personal Data legally binding?

Part 5, Access to and Correction of Personal Data is binding in Singapore. Binding law. It applies to everyone in scope, whether or not anyone points at it. Individuals may request access to their personal data and information about how it was used or disclosed within the prior year (s 21), and request correction of errors or omissions (s 22), subject to Fifth and Sixth Schedule exceptions.

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Part 5, Access to and Correction of Personal Data

Is this legally binding?

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

Individuals may request access to their personal data and information about how it was used or disclosed within the prior year (s 21), and request correction of errors or omissions (s 22), subject to Fifth and Sixth Schedule exceptions.

sso.agc.gov.sgPart 5, ss 21-22Show it on the map

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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SectionPost-Deployment, Addressing Individuals' Requests About Personal DataGuidance
Guideline interprets binding PDPA provision; guideline itself is not legally binding

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ObligationAccess Obligation (s 21)Binding
Structural decomposition of the source instrument
ObligationCorrection Obligation (s 22)Binding
Structural decomposition of the source instrument

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