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Understanding PDPA for Non-Legal Personnel

Under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA), organisations need to have their data protection policies comply with the PDPA. This course helps organisations including their employees and data protection officers understand the PDPA laws and develop their own data protection policies and processes. There will be Quizzes and case-examples to enhance learning.

Outline

Understanding the 10 main PDPA data protection principles by case examples

• The consent principle
• The Purpose Limitation Principle
• The Notification Principle
• The Access and Correction Principle
• The Accuracy Principle
• The Protection Principle
• The Retention Limitation Principle
• The Transfer Limitation Principle
• The Openness Principle
• The Accountability Principle
• Case examples and Quiz

Going through life cycle of personal data

• The 5 steps when collecting data
• The 8 Good Privacy Notice Practical Tips
• Using personal data consistent with purpose
• Exceptions to Consent Requirement for USE
• Some practical tips on Anonymised Data
• Practical tips on how to disclose data including data transferred out of Singapore
• Quiz and case-studies

Legal obligations of organisations

• The 2 PDPA rights of individuals to uphold
• Exceptions to Correction Requirement: 6th Schedule PDPA
• Quiz

Marketing messages and Do Not Call Provisions

• Steps to take before sending marketing messages
• Online business and practical cookie tips
• Data security issues - firewalls & encryption

Who should attend

Sales and Business Development Managers or Executives, Compliance Managers, Information Technology Personnel, Human Resource Executives and anyone involved in data protection issues in the organisation.

Profile of Catherine Tay

Catherine Tay has over 35 years of lecturing experience as an Associate Professor lecturing business law at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School. She is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. She is also a barrister-at-law (of Lincoln’s Inn, United Kingdom). She is an author of more than 8 law books, including her best-seller book title called "Contract Law - A layman Guide".

She studied law at Queen Mary College, University of London and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and with a Master of Laws, in which she specialised in Company, Shipping, Insurance and Marine Insurance Laws.

She has facilitated seminars and in-house training courses for many business law topics such as tenancy agreements, contract administration management, procurement contracts, legal and practical aspects of tender management, Service Level Agreements and Outsourcing contracts, oil and gas contract management, insurance contracts, Intellectual Property Laws and PDPA data privacy laws. She is an examiner on law subjects for a number of professional bodies and universities in Singapore and overseas. She has lectured at the NUS Extension in professional and business management law courses.

She was an adjunct lecturer at NUS Institute of System Science, in IT outsourcing contracts for over 20 years. She is the Honourable Legal Advisor for Singapore Optometric Association, as well as for the Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists.