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PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
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“organisation” includes any individual, company, association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporated, whether or not—

(a) formed or recognised under the law of Singapore; or
(b) resident, or having an office or a place of business, in Singapore;

“personal data” means data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified—

(a) from that data; or
(b) from that data and other information to which the organisation has or is likely to have access;

“prescribed healthcare body” means a healthcare body, prescribed for the purposes of the Fourth Schedule by the Minister charged with the responsibility for health;

“prescribed law enforcement agency” means an authority charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders under written law, prescribed for the purposes of section 21(4) and the Fourth Schedule by the Minister charged with the responsibility for that authority;

“private trust” means a trust for the benefit of one or more designated individuals who are friends, or members of the family, of the settlor;

“proceedings” means any civil, criminal or administrative proceedings by or before a court, tribunal or regulatory authority that is related to the allegation of—

(a) a breach of an agreement;
(b) a contravention of any written law or any rule of professional conduct or other requirement imposed by any regulatory authority in exercise of its powers under any written law; or
(c) a wrong or a breach of a duty for which a remedy is claimed under any law;