The Advisory Guidelines for Selected Topics elaborates on how the PDPA applies to particular issues and domains. These assist in organisations and individuals’ understanding of the PDPA in the context of the topics selected.

The full document is available here.

Chapters Listing

Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2: Analytics and Research
Chapter 3: Anonymisation
Chapter 4: Photography, Video and Audio Recordings
Chapter 5: Drones
Chapter 6: Employment
Chapter 7: Online Activities
Chapter 8: Data Activities Relating to Minors
Chapter 9: Cloud Services

Revisions to Advisory Guidelines:

As of 23 May 2024

The chapter on “Data Activities Relating to Minors” has been updated to clarify how the data protection provisions in the PDPA apply to minors' (i.e., individuals below 21 years of age) personal data.

As of 31 March 2022

The chapter on Anonymisation has been updated to provide clarity to companies on the requirements for anonymising data.

As of 17 May 2022

The section on “Closed-Circuit Television Cameras (“CCTVs”)” under chapter on “Photography, Video and Audio Recordings” has been updated to provide more clarity to companies on the requirements for handling personal data captured through CCTVs.