Personal Data Protection Act 2012 · 2020 Revised Edition · Schedules
Schedule 6 · Exceptions from correction requirement
Feedback & supportSIXTH SCHEDULESection 22(7)Exceptions from correction requirement
1. Section 22 does not apply in respect of —
opinion data kept solely for an evaluative purpose;
evaluative purpose
“evaluative purpose” means —(a)the purpose of determining the suitability, eligibility or qualifications of the individual to whom the data relates —(i)for employment or for appointment to office;(ii)for promotion in employment or office or for continuance in employment or office;(iii)for removal from employment or office;(iv)for admission to an education institution;(v)for the awarding of contracts, awards, bursaries, scholarships, honours or other similar benefits;(vi)for selection for an athletic or artistic purpose; or(vii)for grant of financial or social assistance, or the delivery of appropriate health services, under any scheme administered by a public agency;(b)the purpose of determining whether any contract, award, bursary, scholarship, honour or other similar benefit should be continued, modified or cancelled;(c)the purpose of deciding whether to insure any individual or property or to continue or renew the insurance of any individual or property; or(d)such other similar purposes as the Minister may prescribe;
any examination conducted by an education institution, examination scripts and, prior to the release of examination results, examination results;
education institution
“education institution” means an organisation that provides education, including instruction, training or teaching, whether by itself or in association or collaboration with, or by affiliation with, any other person;
the personal data of the beneficiaries of a private trust kept solely for the purpose of administering the trust;
personal data
“personal data” means data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified —(a)from that data; or(b)from that data and other information to which the organisation has or is likely to have access;
personal data kept by an arbitral institution or a mediation centre solely for the purposes of arbitration or mediation proceedings administered by the arbitral institution or mediation centre;
proceedings
“proceedings” means any civil, criminal or administrative proceedings by or before a court, tribunal or regulatory authority that is related to the allegation of —(a)a breach of an agreement;(b)a contravention of any written law or any rule of professional conduct or other requirement imposed by any regulatory authority in exercise of its powers under any written law; or(c)a wrong or a breach of a duty for which a remedy is claimed under any law;
a document related to a prosecution if all proceedings related to the prosecution have not been completed; or
derived personal data.[40/2020]