Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Directions
6. Authority to share
Feedback & supportWhere a data sharing direction is given to a Singapore public sector agency —
data sharing direction
“data sharing direction” means a direction given under section 4 on sharing of information or re‑identification of anonymised information under the control of a Singapore public sector agency;
the Singapore public sector agency and every officer of that agency; and
where the Singapore public sector agency is a public body, the members of the public body,are authorised to share the information under the control of the Singapore public sector agency with another Singapore public sector agency to the extent permitted by the data sharing direction despite any obligation as to confidentiality under the common law.
However, subsection (1) does not override any obligation as to confidentiality because of legal privilege or contract.
To avoid doubt, this Act is not intended to prevent or discourage the sharing of information by Singapore public sector agencies as permitted or required by or under any Act or other law (apart from this Act).
information
“information” includes —(a)any facts, statistics, instructions, concepts or other data in a form that is capable of being communicated, analysed or processed (whether by an individual or a computer or other automated methods); and(b)data sets;