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School did not breach data protection laws by taking student's hair sample for drug test: Commission

It finds taking student's hair sample did not breach relevant data protection laws here

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The commission held, after a probe into a parent's complaint about his son's hair sample being taken by the German European School Singapore, that there was no breach of relevant data protection laws.

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A test case decided by the Personal Data Protection Commission has clarified how random drug tests for international school students stand with data protection laws here.
The commission held, after a probe into a parent's complaint about his son's hair sample being taken by the German European School Singapore (GESS), that there was no breach of the relevant data protection laws here.
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