No. S 735
Personal Data Protection Act 2012
(ACT 26 OF 2012)
Personal Data Protection
(Notification of Data Breaches)
(Amendment) Regulations 2021
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 65 of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012, the Personal Data Protection Commission, with the approval of the Minister for Communications and Information, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the Personal Data Protection (Notification of Data Breaches) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 1 October 2021.
Amendment of Schedule
2.  The Schedule to the Personal Data Protection (Notification of Data Breaches) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 64/2021) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the words “place of safety” in paragraph 6(b) of Part 1, the words “designated under section 19(1) of the VAA”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after the words “place of safety” where they first appear in paragraph 6(d) of Part 1, the words “designated under section 19(1) of the VAA”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after paragraph 6 of Part 1, the following paragraphs:
6A.—(1)  Any of the following:
(a)the name or address of any woman or girl in respect of whom a specified offence is alleged to have been committed;
(b)any particulars given, in any proceedings in any court relating to a specified offence, which identify, or are calculated to lead to the identification of, any woman or girl in respect of whom the specified offence is alleged to have been committed;
(c)the name and address of any witness, in any proceedings in any court relating to a specified offence, which may lead to the identification of any woman or girl in respect of whom the specified offence is alleged to have been committed;
(d)the particulars of any evidence given by any witness, in any proceedings in any court relating to a specified offence, which may lead to the identification of any woman or girl in respect of whom the specified offence is alleged to have been committed;
(e)any picture of, or any picture including a picture of —
(i)any woman or girl in respect of whom a specified offence is alleged to have been committed; or
(ii)any witness in any proceedings in any court relating to a specified offence.
(2)  In sub‑paragraph (1), “specified offence” means —
(a)an offence under section 354, 354A, 375, 376, 376A, 376B, 376C, 376D, 376E, 376F, 376G or 377B of the Penal Code (Cap. 224), including an attempt to commit or cause the commission of any such offence; or
(b)an offence under Part XI of the WC.
6B.  Any information that identifies, or is likely to lead to the identification of —
(a)the individual as a resident of a place of safety established under section 177 of the WC; or
(b)the location of a place of safety established under section 177 of the WC at which the individual is residing.”;
(d)by deleting the definitions of “abuse”, “fit person”, “neglect”, “place of safety”, “place of temporary care and protection”, “self‑neglect” and “vulnerable adult” in paragraph 3 of Part 2 and substituting the following definitions:
“ “abuse”, “fit person”, “neglect”, “self‑neglect” and “vulnerable adult” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the VAA;”; and
(e)by deleting the full‑stop at the end of the definition of “VAA” in paragraph 3 of Part 2 and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:
“ “WC” means the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353).”.
Made on 27 September 2021.
CHAN YENG KIT
Chairman,
Info-communications Media
Development Authority,
Singapore.
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