SG PDPA PDPA Sections 18-20
Restrict the purposes for which children's data may be collected, used, or disclosed to those a reasonable person would consider appropriate for children
Where this comes from
Provision: PDPA Sections 18-20; PDPC Advisory Guidelines on Children's Personal Data, Section 6 - Purpose Limitation
Instrument: Singapore Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA)
Citation: Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (No. 26 of 2012), Sections 18-20 (Purpose Limitation Obligation); PDPC Advisory Guidelines on Children's Personal Data (March 2024), Section 6
Text version: PDPA 2012 (2020 Rev. Ed.); PDPC Advisory Guidelines on Children's Personal Data (2024)
Who it applies to
It applies when all of these are true:
- Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- User model has `profilingEnabled` boolean field (default: false)
- Recommendation engine checks profilingEnabled before processing user
- Behavioral tracking skips users with profilingEnabled=false
- Ad targeting excludes users with profilingEnabled=false
- Admin dashboard shows count of users with profiling disabled
Questions people ask
- Does SG PDPA PDPA Sections 18-20 apply to my service?
- It applies when Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18.
- From when does this apply?
- SG PDPA PDPA Sections 18-20 applies from 1 March 2024. Its current status is: in force.
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