A recent study by Dell EMC found that Singapore, Australia, and Hong Kong handed down the biggest data breach fines in the region, while Japan, India, and Thailand had some of the lowest. Singapore’s penalties can going as high as $1 million for non-compliance with...
Singapore recently became the newest member of the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules System, making it the sixth member along with Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico and the United States. The move, which is expected to boost e-commerce growth and protection of sensitive online consumer data in the...
Last Monday, the Singaporean Parliament passed the Public Sector (Governance) Bill which establishes new laws governing the data-sharing framework between public sector agencies. Under the new laws, public sector officers who share the personal information of Singaporeans, or those who use such data to benefit themselves,...
Forcepoint regional sales director for Southeast Asia Alex Lim recently revealed that Thailand and Indonesia have yet to enact a data privacy law, and added that among the ASEAN countries, only Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines have such a law in place. Lim said that EU’s...
It has been reported that the Singaporean government is planning to use sensors and cameras to track a variety of citizen activity throughout the island. Called Smart Nation, the initiative seeks to use monitoring technology for societal improvement. Project head Vivian Balakrishnan, who is also Singapore’s...