Singapore legislation
Clause 55
Clause 55
Disclosure of information
(1)
Despite anything in this Act, the Commissioner may disclose to any person, or authorise any specified person to disclose to any person, any information obtained pursuant to an exercise of the Commissioner’s powers and functions under this Act, if the Commissioner is satisfied that such disclosure is —
necessary to enable a public agency to perform its public duty in relation to online harmful activity under this Act;
in accordance with and to the extent permitted by a data sharing direction given to the Commissioner;
in the interest of public safety;
necessary or expedient for the redress or prevention of any online harmful activity or other harm to any person;
for the purposes of an investigation into or prosecution for an offence under any written law;
consented to in writing by the person to whom the information relates or by the parent or guardian of the person if he or she is below 18 years of age (called in this section a minor); or
to give effect to the purposes of or any provision of this Act.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), where a minor is suspected to be involved in any online harmful activity (whether as a victim or otherwise), the Commissioner may disclose or authorise any specified person to disclose to the parent or guardian or other immediate relative of the minor or the principal or a teacher of the school that the minor is attending for the purposes of counselling, redress or prevention.
(3)
The Commissioner may, for the purposes of public education and awareness, disclose and publish information in an anonymised form relating to any report received by the Commissioner, the action taken by the Commissioner and the outcome of the action.
(4)
In this section, “data sharing direction” means a direction given under section 4 of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018 on the sharing of information or re‑identification of anonymised information under the control of a Singapore public sector agency.