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3 weeks ago | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri
In a joint response to a public forum letter, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) announced that they are considering requiring vendors to obtain national cybersecurity certifications, namely the Cyber Essentials or Cyber Trust mark, before they can be licensed or bid for government contracts involving access to sensitive data or systems.
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4 weeks ago | 
worldtrademarkreview.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri
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1 month ago | 
worldtrademarkreview.com | Andy Leck |Ren Jun Lim |Ken Chia |Sanil Khatri
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1 month 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 month 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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Mar 15, 2025 | 
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.
