Moneylenders Act 2008 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3A · Collection, Use and Disclosure of Borrower Information and Data
81A. Registrar may share information pursuant to data sharing direction
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Despite anything in this Act, the Registrar may share any borrower or loan information under the Registrar’s control with any Singapore public sector agency in accordance with and to the extent permitted by a data sharing direction given to the Registrar.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Moneylenders appointed under section 4 and includes a Deputy Registrar of Moneylenders and an Assistant Registrar of Moneylenders appointed under that section;
In determining whether the Registrar is authorised to share borrower or loan information under a data sharing direction mentioned in subsection (1), any restriction or limitation (whether express or implied) imposed under this Act on the Registrar as to the sharing or disclosure of the information is disregarded.
data
“data” means —(a)borrower information of a licensee;(b)any information in a credit report;(c)any information in a loan information report; or(d)any information relating to a person or a loan, that is processed by the designated credit bureau in the course of preparing, providing or maintaining a credit report or loan information report;
In this section —
“borrower or loan information” means any information (including personal data) relating to any borrower or class or description of borrowers, or any loan or class or description of loans, obtained by the Registrar from a licensee or the designated credit bureau under or for the purposes of this Act;
designated credit bureau
“designated credit bureau” means the person that is for the time being designated under section 56(1) as the designated credit bureau;
“control” and “Singapore public sector agency” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018;
“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;
“personal data” means data about an individual who can be identified from that data.