Personal Data Protection Act 2012

Personal Data Protection Act 2012
Parliament House, Singapore
Parliament of Singapore
  • An Act to govern the collection, use and disclosure of personal data by organisations, and to establish the Do Not Call Register and to provide for its administration, and for matters connected therewith, and to make related and consequential amendments to various other Acts.
CitationNo. 26 of 2012
Passed byParliament of Singapore
Passed15 October 2012
Assented to20 November 2012
Legislative history
Bill titlePersonal Data Protection Bill
Introduced byAssoc Prof Dr Yaacob Ibrahim
Status: In force

The Personal Data Protection Act 2012 ("PDPA") sets out the law on data protection in Singapore. The PDPA regulates the processing of personal data in the private sector.[1]

  1. ^ "Parliament: Public agencies not governed by PDPA because of fundamental differences in how they operate". The Straits Times.