Singapore based data protection law specialist Rosemary Lee of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said the Personal Data Protection Bill (74-page/387KB PDF) being proposed by Singapore's government would establish a single data protection regime for the nation for the first time.
The draft legislation sets out rules for the collection, processing and storage of all personal data, whether in electronic or non-electronic form.
Companies based outside of Singapore would be required to observe the rules if they were collecting or processing personal data with a 'Singapore link'. Full story
