Grab Conversations: Data Protection in Southeast Asia Episode 3 - Singapore's Regulatory Perspective

Singapore has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to adopting comprehensive data protection legislation. The Personal Data Protection Act came into force in 2013 and was recently amended in 2021 to bring it more in line with international benchmarks like the GDPR. In this third episode of Grab’s ‘Data Protection in SEA’ series, we chat with Francis Zhang, Deputy Director of Policy at Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission about the balance between data protection and data innovation, Singapore’s cross-border data transfer policy, and the harmonisation of data protection requirements across ASEAN. We also delve into the world of Privacy Enhancing Technologies or PETs and how Singapore has gone about encouraging their adoption.

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