Singapore legislation

Clause 42

of Health Information Bill

Clause 42

Offences relating to derived information — other persons

(1)

A person who —

(a)

is not a requestor; and

(b)

without reasonable excuse, accesses, collects, discloses or uses any information that the person knows or has reason to believe is derived information,shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

A person who —

(a)

is not a requestor;

(b)

without reasonable excuse, does any act or takes any step to identify or cause the identification of any individual from aggregated or anonymised health information; and

(c)

knows or has reason to believe that the aggregated or anonymised health information mentioned in paragraph (b) is type 2 derived information within the meaning given by section 24,shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)

A person convicted of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or to both.

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