With the introduction of the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2024 (“Amendment Act“), which has begun coming into force in stages from 1 January 2025 and will be fully implemented by 1 June 2025, the Personal Data Protection Commissioner (“Commissioner“) also announced the development of a suite of subsidiary guidelines to supplement the changes introduced by the Amendment Act.
Since then, the Commissioner has issued several public consultation papers for these upcoming guidelines. In February 2025, two of these guidelines, namely “The Appointment of Data Protection Officer Guideline” and “The Data Breach Notification Guideline”, were issued.
For more details on the requirements and guidance outlined in these two guidelines, please refer to our February 2025 Legal Update titled “Launch of Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Data Protection Officer Appointment and Mandatory Data Breach Notification“.
The Commissioner has now issued three new public consultation papers to seek feedback on the following upcoming guidelines:
- Data Protection Impact Assessment Guideline;
- Data Protection by Design Guideline; and
- Automated Decision Making and Profiling Guideline.
This Update provides a brief overview of the key information and matters addressed in the public consultation papers, which offer valuable insights into what can be expected in the forthcoming guidelines once finalised as well as their implications on organisations’ data protection compliance frameworks in the future.
The public consultation period for these guidelines is open until 19 May 2025, and the online feedback form is accessible here.
For more information, click here to read the full Legal Update.
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