Data Protection in the Practical Context: Strategies and Techniques

Data Protection in the Practical Context – Strategies and Techniques provides a detailed study of the law, practice and policy of personal data protection law in Singapore. As the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) that was adopted in April 2016 included provisions implementing a formidable extended jurisdictional reach, this book also provides practical coverage of the GDPR and gives clarity to the key provisions. Including an extensive exposition on Big Data and the Internet of Things and their inter-relationship with cybersecurity, this book is an essential tool for anyone who has to deal with personal data protection matters, ranging from the practitioner, to the in-house counsel and all businesses. This book examines comprehensively all the requirements and obligations under the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 with insights on the key approaches to compliance and exposition of the cases decided to date. All concepts are thoroughly explained and analysed in depth and in an accessible manner, with emphasis on the meaning and operation of all the concepts and sections of the legislation and how they interact with each other in law and in practice. This intelligible book places the legal issues and questions about the personal data protection regime in context with plenty of examples so that readers will be able to fully appreciate the structure and nature of personal data protection. From this, the reader can also grasp how compliance can be achieved in a way that enhances and adds value to the business.