What must organisations do when collecting, using or disclosing personal data?

The Personal Data Protection Commission fined Commeasure $74,000 for failing to protect the personal data of nearly 5.9 million customers of hotel booking site RedDoorz. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - More than $2.68 million in fines has been collected by Singapore's privacy watchdog from entities found to have breached the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) over the past six years.

This figure, compiled by The Straits Times, includes a combined $1 million fine imposed on SingHealth and Integrated Health Information Systems for a data breach that affected 1.5 million people.

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