Singapore legislation

Clause 36

of Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill

Clause 36

Amendment of Eighth Schedule

The Eighth Schedule to the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (e) of paragraph 1 and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:“(e)any message, other than a message mentioned in sub‑paragraph (d) —

(i)

that is sent while the sender is in an ongoing relationship with the recipient of the message; and

(ii)

the sole purpose of which relates to the subject matter of the ongoing relationship;”; and

(b)

by renumbering paragraph 1 as sub‑paragraph (1) of that paragraph, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:“(2) In sub‑paragraph (1)(e), “ongoing relationship” means a relationship, on an ongoing basis, between the sender and the recipient of the message, arising from the carrying on or conduct of a business or an activity (commercial or otherwise) by the sender.”.