Personal Data Protection Act 2012 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Access to and Correction of Personal Data
22. Correction of personal data
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An individual may ask an organisation to correct their personal data. The organisation must correct the data as soon as practicable, unless it has reasonable grounds not to. It must send the corrected data to organisations that received it within a year before the correction and need it. Any correction not made must be noted on the data.
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An individual may request an organisation to correct an error or omission in the personal data about the individual that is in the possession or under the control of the organisation.
Unless the organisation is satisfied on reasonable grounds that a correction should not be made, the organisation must —
organisation
“organisation” includes any individual, company, association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporated, whether or not —(a)formed or recognised under the law of Singapore; or(b)resident, or having an office or a place of business, in Singapore;
correct the personal data as soon as practicable; and
subject to subsection (3), send the corrected personal data to every other organisation to which the personal data was disclosed by the organisation within a year before the date the correction was made, unless that other organisation does not need the corrected personal data for any legal or business purpose.
An organisation (not being a credit bureau) may, if the individual consents, send the corrected personal data only to specific organisations to which the personal data was disclosed by the organisation within a year before the date the correction was made.
credit bureau
“credit bureau” means an organisation which —(a)provides credit reports for gain or profit; or(b)provides credit reports on a routine, non‑profit basis as an ancillary part of a business carried on for gain or profit;
When an organisation is notified under subsection (2)(b) or (3) of a correction of personal data, the organisation must correct the personal data in its possession or under its control unless the organisation is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the correction should not be made.
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;
If no correction is made under subsection (2)(a) or (4), the organisation must annotate the personal data in its possession or under its control with the correction that was requested but not made.
Nothing in this section requires an organisation to correct or otherwise alter an opinion, including a professional or an expert opinion.
An organisation is not required to comply with this section in respect of the matters specified in the Sixth Schedule.