Much to do to keep data private

Need for urgency: At the rate personal data is flowing out, it is imperative that the Personal Data Protection Act be enforced as soon as possible.

While the Government gets set to enforce the Personal Data Protection Act, all involved should comply with the provisions of the Act now instead of adopting a wait and see' attitude.

SINGAPORE recently had the first reading of its Personal Data Protection Act in Parliament. Many in the republic were buoyed by the development, confident that the passing of the bill “should be just around the corner”.