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29-08-2015, 10:50 PM
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Vernon Voon Thian Lye
https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-w...33251040057568 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-workers-party/chen-show-mao-raises-queries-on-personal-data-protection-bill/433251040057568)
By Vernon Voon
During the Parliamentary sitting on Monday, 15 October 2012, Workers’ Party MP for Aljunied GRC, Mr Chen Show Mao, queried the Government on why the Personal Data Protection Bill did not cover government agencies.
He noted that the Bill related to the protection of personal data by organisations, based on the principles of accountability and openness. He observed that it was a baseline law that will legislate a minimum standard to be applied across the board.
Mr Chen expressed regret that the Bill will not apply to public agencies, including government ministries, tribunals and, upon ministerial notification, statutory boards like the People’s Association (PA) and the Housing and Development Board (HDB). He said this is an area in which the Bill is lacking. He explained that public agencies that collected and used personal data of individuals should be required by law to comply with the minimum level of protection enshrined in the Bill, and disagreed with the reason given by the Government that they already have their own set of rules, as these laws will apply even if public agencies were included in the Bill. He added that the Government’s data protection rules are not contained in written laws, and are not made known the public.
Mr Chen said that such rules not being laws are not subject to Parliamentary scrutiny and Singaporeans would not know when or how they are created, amended or terminated. The people who are directly affected by these rules do not know what they are nor do they have a chance to have views on them heard, for example, on the wrongful collection, use or disclosure of personal information.
Mr Chen went on to say that the concept of accuracy, individual access and correction are key provisions in the Bill, and that it is just as important, if not more important, that such concepts apply to data collected by public agencies as well. For example, public agencies use personal data to make decisions such as whether to grant a person Workfare Income Supplement payments and thus it is important that individuals are able to access government data pertaining to such information and correct it if need be. He said that another reason given by the Government that public agencies often share information with one another does not preclude public agencies coming under the Bill as there are prevailing laws allowing such sharing which will not be affected by their inclusion.
Mr Chen said that ensuring that the public sector falls within the remit of the Bill will allow individuals comfort that a minimum baseline of data protection applies to public agencies. He noted that only very few jurisdictions with personal data protection laws exclude public agencies from the framework and hence a framework application to the public sector will make Singapore truly in line with international standards, which is one of the principles the Bill is based on.
In response, the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, reiterated that that the public sector already has its own set of data protection rules which are “guided broadly by the same principles under the Bill”.
He said that all ministries, statutory boards and organs of state are required to comply with public sector rules on data protection, and that the Government takes steps to ensure that officers comply with them, via audits or when cases are raised to the government. He said that agencies have mechanisms in place to receive and address complaints on the Government’s handling of personal data, and that erroneous information can be corrected by individuals.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?214183-well-known-gay-activist-has-already-infiltrated-into-the-highest-echelon-of-WP&goto=newpost).
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Vernon Voon Thian Lye
https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-w...33251040057568 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-workers-party/chen-show-mao-raises-queries-on-personal-data-protection-bill/433251040057568)
By Vernon Voon
During the Parliamentary sitting on Monday, 15 October 2012, Workers’ Party MP for Aljunied GRC, Mr Chen Show Mao, queried the Government on why the Personal Data Protection Bill did not cover government agencies.
He noted that the Bill related to the protection of personal data by organisations, based on the principles of accountability and openness. He observed that it was a baseline law that will legislate a minimum standard to be applied across the board.
Mr Chen expressed regret that the Bill will not apply to public agencies, including government ministries, tribunals and, upon ministerial notification, statutory boards like the People’s Association (PA) and the Housing and Development Board (HDB). He said this is an area in which the Bill is lacking. He explained that public agencies that collected and used personal data of individuals should be required by law to comply with the minimum level of protection enshrined in the Bill, and disagreed with the reason given by the Government that they already have their own set of rules, as these laws will apply even if public agencies were included in the Bill. He added that the Government’s data protection rules are not contained in written laws, and are not made known the public.
Mr Chen said that such rules not being laws are not subject to Parliamentary scrutiny and Singaporeans would not know when or how they are created, amended or terminated. The people who are directly affected by these rules do not know what they are nor do they have a chance to have views on them heard, for example, on the wrongful collection, use or disclosure of personal information.
Mr Chen went on to say that the concept of accuracy, individual access and correction are key provisions in the Bill, and that it is just as important, if not more important, that such concepts apply to data collected by public agencies as well. For example, public agencies use personal data to make decisions such as whether to grant a person Workfare Income Supplement payments and thus it is important that individuals are able to access government data pertaining to such information and correct it if need be. He said that another reason given by the Government that public agencies often share information with one another does not preclude public agencies coming under the Bill as there are prevailing laws allowing such sharing which will not be affected by their inclusion.
Mr Chen said that ensuring that the public sector falls within the remit of the Bill will allow individuals comfort that a minimum baseline of data protection applies to public agencies. He noted that only very few jurisdictions with personal data protection laws exclude public agencies from the framework and hence a framework application to the public sector will make Singapore truly in line with international standards, which is one of the principles the Bill is based on.
In response, the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, reiterated that that the public sector already has its own set of data protection rules which are “guided broadly by the same principles under the Bill”.
He said that all ministries, statutory boards and organs of state are required to comply with public sector rules on data protection, and that the Government takes steps to ensure that officers comply with them, via audits or when cases are raised to the government. He said that agencies have mechanisms in place to receive and address complaints on the Government’s handling of personal data, and that erroneous information can be corrected by individuals.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?214183-well-known-gay-activist-has-already-infiltrated-into-the-highest-echelon-of-WP&goto=newpost).