Personal Data Protection Act 2012 - Singapore Statutes Online

Notification of purpose

20.—(1) For the purposes of sections 14(1)(a) and 18(b), an organisation shall inform the individual of —

(a)	the purposes for the collection, use or disclosure of the personal data, as the case may be, on or before collecting the personal data;
(b)	any other purpose of the use or disclosure of the personal data of which the individual has not been informed under paragraph (a), before the use or disclosure of the personal data for that purpose; and
(c)	on request by the individual, the business contact information of a person who is able to answer on behalf of the organisation the individual’s questions about the collection, use or disclosure of the personal data.

(2) An organisation, on or before collecting personal data about an individual from another organisation without the consent of the individual, shall provide the other organisation with sufficient information regarding the purpose of the collection to allow that other organisation to determine whether the disclosure would be in accordance with this Act.

(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply if —

(a)	the individual is deemed to have consented to the collection, use or disclosure, as the case may be, under section 15 or 15A; or [Act 40 of 2020 wef 01/02/2021]
(b)	the organisation collects, uses or discloses the personal data without the consent of the individual in accordance with section 17.

(4) Despite subsection (3), an organisation must comply with subsection (5) on or before collecting, using or disclosing personal data about an individual for the purpose of or in relation to the organisation —

(a)	entering into an employment relationship with the individual or appointing the individual to any office; or
(b)	managing or terminating the employment relationship with or appointment of the individual. [Act 40 of 2020 wef 01/02/2021]

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the organisation must inform the individual of the following:

(a)	the purpose for which the organisation is collecting, using or disclosing (as the case may be) the personal data about the individual;
(b)	on request by the individual, the business contact information of a person who is able to answer the individual’s questions about that collection, use or disclosure (as the case may be) on behalf of the organisation. [Act 40 of 2020 wef 01/02/2021]

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