On 21 September 2021, the Personal Data Protection Commission (“the Commission”) fined Seriously Keto Pte. Ltd. (“Seriously Keto”) a penalty of $8,000 over its breach of its personal data protection obligations under the Personal Data Protection (“PDPA”). In particular, the Commission found that Seriously Keto had failed to implement appropriate security measures in order to […]
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Personal Data Protection Commission Allowing Fine to Be Paid in Installments
The Personal Data Protection Commission (“the Commission”) fined Sendtech Pte. Ltd. (“Sendtech”) a penalty of $9,000 through 12 installments following a finding that it had breached its obligations under the Personal Data Protection Act 2021. On 13 February 2021, Sendtech informed the Commission of an unauthorized access to its Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) account through […]
A sea change in Singapore’s data privacy law
Singapore’s Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2020 was passed on November 2, 2020, following extensive public consultations between 2017 and 2020, and came into effect on February 1, 2021. The amendments to the PDPA bring about much-needed updates to align Singapore’s data privacy regime with international standards and best practices. The key amendments in the […]