Fundamentals of The Personal Data Protection Act (2020)

September 2025

10 to 12 September (Physical Class)

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About This Course

At the end of this chapter, participants will be able to have an overview of the PDPA, understand the key terms and the level of impact to organisations.

Objectives of the Data Protection Regime Key Terms – Personal Data, Business Contact Information (BCI), Individual & Organisations, Data Intermediary and Other Key Terms Who Will Not be Impacted?

Introduction to Data Protection Frameworks Around the World

What You’ll Learn 

Individual Interest

• Puts in safeguards to protect individuals’ data from misuse by regulating proper management of personal data.
• Gives individuals greater control over their personal data.
• To strengthen consumer trust that their personal data will be used responsibly.

Economic Interest

• Strengthens Singapore’s position as trusted hub and choice location for data hosting and processing activities thereby enhancing Singapore’s overall competitiveness.
• Greater interoperability with global frameworks to enhance ease of doing business and cross-border data flows.
• To enable organisations to confidently harness personal data for innovation, which would in turn benefit citizens and the economy.

Approach for the Data Protection Regime 

• Enhance consumer protection to support trust and participation in digital economy
• Enable organisations to harness data confidently to innovate and improve consumer products and services
• Harness personal data for legitimate business purposes, with the requisite safeguards and accountability

Relevant Job Role(s)

Target Audience  

The participants for this programme are likely to be:

• Compliance Managers
• Data Protection Officers (DPOs)
• Human Resource, Admin, IT personnel, Sales and Business Development Executive / Managers who need to be involved in data

Minimum Entry Requirement

Assumed Skills and Knowledge

Participants are assumed to be able to:

• Understand relevant organisational strategies, objectives, culture, policies, processes and products / services
• Have information gathering skills to gather and collate necessary data
• Have analytical skills to assess policies and procedures
• Have business writing skills to prepare management report
• Have interpersonal and communication skills to interact with relevant stakeholders
• Have facilitation skills to ask the right questions to elicit necessary information
• Be aware of compliance requirements of organisation

Attendance & Assessment

Kindly note that you are required to achieve a minimum of 75% attendance and be certified competent in all the assessment components.

Should you fail to meet the attendance/assessment requirements and/or terms and conditions of SSG’s funding, you will not be eligible for the course fee funding and will have to bear the full course fees.

(Training: Day 1: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM)(Training: Day 2: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)(Training: Day 3: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM)(Assessment: Day 2: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM)(Assessment: Day 3: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM)

28 Sin Ming Lane, Midview City, #02-137, Singapore 573972

Individual Sponsored

• Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding.

Company Sponsored

• Absentee Payroll Claimable: $4.50 per hour, capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year.
• Skills Future Enterprise Credit (SFEC) Grant: One-off $10,000 credit cover up 90% of out-of-pocket expenses.

Union Training Assistant Programme (UTAP)

• UTAP Claimable: NTUC member enjoy 50% unfunded course fee support for up to $500 per year.

Physical Class Course Fee

For Classes commencing on or after 1st Jan 2024

Course ID : TGS-2021008465

Funding Validity Period: 2021-09-14 to 2025-09-13

Online Class Course Fee (Synchronous e-learning)

For Classes commencing on or after 1st Jan 2024

Course ID : TGS-2025057934

Funding Validity Period: 2025-08-14 to 2027-01-14