SG PDPA PDPA Section 16
Provide clear mechanisms for parents and children to withdraw consent and cease data processing without penalty
Where this comes from
Provision: PDPA Section 16; PDPC Advisory Guidelines on Children's Personal Data, Section 10 - Withdrawal of Consent
Instrument: Singapore Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA)
Citation: Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (No. 26 of 2012), Section 16 (Withdrawal of Consent); PDPC Advisory Guidelines on Children's Personal Data (March 2024), Section 10
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
- Service requires/offers account registration
- Service processes personal data
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Consent modal/page appears BEFORE data collection begins
- Consent options are granular (user can accept some, reject others)
- 'Reject All' is as prominent as 'Accept All'
- No pre-checked boxes - all start unchecked
- When relying on consent, store the necessary scoped consent reference, purposes and choices, timestamp and notice version; avoid collecting extra identity data solely for the record
Questions people ask
- Does SG PDPA PDPA Section 16 apply to my service?
- It applies when Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18; Service requires/offers account registration; Service processes personal data.
- From when does this apply?
- SG PDPA PDPA Section 16 applies from 1 March 2024. Its current status is: in force.
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