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6 days ago | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
As covered in our previous client alert, on 15 October 2024, Singapore’s parliament passed an amendment to the Elections (Integrity of Online Advertising) Bill, prohibiting the publication, boosting, sharing and reposting of deepfake content depicting election candidates. This bill has come into effect as of President Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s Writ of Election issued on 15 April 2025, ahead of Singapore’s upcoming general election on 3 May 2025 (“Polling Day“).
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1 week ago | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri
The Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) announced that it had accepted in March two undertakings from organizations investigated for data breaches stemming from ransomware attacks and zero-day vulnerabilities, affecting the personal data of over 400,000 individuals. In September 2024, the PDPC became aware of a data breach incident involving unauthorized access to a server belonging to Yamato Transport (S) Pte. Ltd.
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3 weeks ago | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri
The Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) is launching two initiatives, the generative AI (GenAI) Playbook and the GenAI Navigator, to make artificial intelligence (AI) more accessible to Singapore businesses and to increase its adoption locally.
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1 month ago | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has released a new set of advisory guidelines (“Advisory Guidelines”) aimed at enhancing the resilience and security of cloud services and data centers in Singapore. These Advisory Guidelines are part of Singapore’s broader digital infrastructure strategy and reflect growing emphasis on the systemic importance of digital services and infrastructure to both the economy and daily life.
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1 month ago | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri
The Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) is launching two initiatives, the generative AI (GenAI) Playbook and the GenAI Navigator, to make artificial intelligence (AI) more accessible to Singapore businesses and to increase its adoption locally.
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1 month ago | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has released a new set of advisory guidelines (“Advisory Guidelines“) aimed at enhancing the resilience and security of cloud services and data centers in Singapore. These Advisory Guidelines are part of Singapore’s broader digital infrastructure strategy and reflect growing emphasis on the systemic importance of digital services and infrastructure to both the economy and daily life.
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2 months ago | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri
On 11 February 2025, the Singapore government announced new AI safety initiatives, namely: (i) the Global AI Assurance Pilot for best practices around technical testing of generative AI (“GenAI“) applications; (ii) the Joint Testing Report with Japan; and (iii) the publication of the Singapore AI Safety Red Teaming Challenge Evaluation Report. These initiatives aim to enhance AI governance, innovation and safety standards.
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
In briefOn 31 January 2025, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) announced its support of the beneficial use of unmanned aircraft (UA) and the development of the UA industry in Singapore. These initiatives aim to enhance safety, promote innovation and facilitate the growth of the UA sector.
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
In briefOn 23 January 2025, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) announced that it accepted three undertakings, which reveal breaches stemming from ransomware attacks. These ransomware attacks occurred due to the exploitation of administrative accounts, inadequate access controls and weak security, resulting in the personal data of almost 15,000 individuals being affected.
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri |Daryl Seetoh
In briefOn 11 February 2025, the Singapore government announced new AI safety initiatives, namely: (i) the Global AI Assurance Pilot for best practices around technical testing of generative AI ("GenAI") applications; (ii) the Joint Testing Report with Japan; and (iii) the publication of the Singapore AI Safety Red Teaming Challenge Evaluation Report. These initiatives aim to enhance AI governance, innovation and safety standards.
