Singapore legislation

Clause 61

of Health Information Bill

Clause 61

Interpretation of this Part

(1)

In this Part —

Definition

“cybersecurity” means the state in which a computer or computer system is protected from unauthorised access or attack, and because of that state —

(a)

the computer or computer system continues to be available and operational;

(b)

the integrity of the computer or computer system is maintained; and

(c)

the integrity and confidentiality of information stored in, processed by or transmitted through the computer or computer system is maintained;

Definition

“cybersecurity incident” means an act or activity carried out without lawful authority on or through a computer or computer system that jeopardises or adversely affects its cybersecurity or the cybersecurity of another computer or computer system;

Definition

“discloser” and “recipient” have the meanings given by section 45;

Definition

“relevant person” means a person mentioned in section 64(1);

Definition

“requestor” has the meaning given by section 6.

(2)

For the purposes of this Part, a computer or computer system is taken to process health information or relevant information even though the computer or computer system also processes any information other than health information or relevant information, as the case may be.