Singapore legislation
Regulation 9
Regulation 9
Definitions of this Part
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“data in transit” means personal data transferred through Singapore in the course of onward transportation to a country or territory outside Singapore, without the personal data being accessed or used by, or disclosed to, any organisation (other than the transferring organisation or an employee of the transferring organisation acting in the course of the employee’s employment with the transferring organisation) while the personal data is in Singapore, except for the purpose of such transportation;“individual’s personal data” means personal data about an individual;“recipient”, in relation to personal data transferred from Singapore to a country or territory outside Singapore, means any organisation that receives in a country or territory outside Singapore the personal data transferred to it by or on behalf of the transferring organisation, but does not include —
the transferring organisation;
any employee of the transferring organisation acting in the course of the employee’s employment with that organisation;
any organisation that receives the personal data solely as a network service provider or carrier; or
any organisation that receives the personal data from a recipient of that personal data;“transferring organisation” —
in relation to any personal data transferred from Singapore to a country or territory outside Singapore, means the organisation that transfers the personal data from Singapore to the country or territory outside Singapore; or
in relation to data in transit, means the organisation that transfers the personal data through Singapore to the country or territory outside Singapore;“transportation” includes transmission in electronic form.
Definition
“data in transit” means personal data transferred through Singapore in the course of onward transportation to a country or territory outside Singapore, without the personal data being accessed or used by, or disclosed to, any organisation (other than the transferring organisation or an employee of the transferring organisation acting in the course of the employee’s employment with the transferring organisation) while the personal data is in Singapore, except for the purpose of such transportation;
Definition
“individual’s personal data” means personal data about an individual;
Definition
“recipient”, in relation to personal data transferred from Singapore to a country or territory outside Singapore, means any organisation that receives in a country or territory outside Singapore the personal data transferred to it by or on behalf of the transferring organisation, but does not include —
the transferring organisation;
any employee of the transferring organisation acting in the course of the employee’s employment with that organisation;
any organisation that receives the personal data solely as a network service provider or carrier; or
any organisation that receives the personal data from a recipient of that personal data;
Definition
“transferring organisation” —
in relation to any personal data transferred from Singapore to a country or territory outside Singapore, means the organisation that transfers the personal data from Singapore to the country or territory outside Singapore; or
in relation to data in transit, means the organisation that transfers the personal data through Singapore to the country or territory outside Singapore;
Definition
“transportation” includes transmission in electronic form.