Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Repeal and re-enactment of section 17
Section 17 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Collection, use and disclosure without consent17.—
An organisation may —
collect personal data about an individual, without the consent of the individual or from a source other than the individual, in the circumstances or for the purposes, and subject to any condition, in the First Schedule or Part 1 of the Second Schedule;
use personal data about an individual without the consent of the individual, in the circumstances or for the purposes, and subject to any condition, in the First Schedule or Part 2 of the Second Schedule; or
disclose personal data about an individual without the consent of the individual, in the circumstances or for the purposes, and subject to any condition, in the First Schedule or Part 3 of the Second Schedule.(2) Unless otherwise provided under this Act, an organisation may —
collect personal data about an individual that the organisation receives by way of a disclosure to the organisation —
on or after the specified date in accordance with subsection (1)(c); or
before the specified date in accordance with section 17(3) as in force before the specified date,for purposes consistent with the purpose of that disclosure, or for any purpose permitted by subsection (1)(a); or
use or disclose personal data about an individual that —
is collected by the organisation on or after the specified date in accordance with subsection (1)(a); or
was collected by the organisation before the specified date in accordance with section 17(1) as in force before the specified date,for purposes consistent with the purpose of that collection, or for any purpose permitted by subsection (1)(b) or (c), as the case may be.(3) In this section, “specified date” means the date of commencement of sections 8, 31 and 32 of the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2020.”.