Data Protection & PDPA Awareness for Companies
About This Course
This Personal Data Protection Awareness for Businesses equips business owners and employees with practical knowledge to comply with Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). Participants will learn how to notify individuals about data collection purposes, secure proper consent, and ensure the responsible use, storage, and disclosure of personal data. The course provides critical insight into operationalising PDPA obligations tailored for SMEs, ensuring your organisation mitigates data risks and builds customer trust.
Through best practices and case scenarios, learners will explore the data lifecycle under PDPA, including processes for data accuracy, rectification, anonymisation, and consent withdrawal. This course empowers participants to implement internal procedures aligned with data protection management programmes (DPMP), enabling SMEs to stay compliant, protect consumer data, and maintain accountability in daily operations.
What You'll Learn
LO1: Notify individuals of data collection purposes in compliance with PDPA obligations and consent conditions.
LO2: Ensure accuracy and rectify errors in collected personal data following best practices and accountability requirements.
LO3: Cease or anonymise personal data appropriately by applying PDPA lifecycle principles and consent withdrawal protocols.
Course Outline:
LU1: What is PDPA?
T1: Definition of personal data
T2: Obligations under the PDPA
T3: Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA)
T4: Notify individuals of the purposes for the collection, use or disclosure of their personal data
T5: Collect, use or disclose personal data only for the purpose for which consent was obtained
LU2: Best Practices of PDPA
T1: Best practices in operationalising PDPA
T2: Accountability under the PDPA
T3: Correct errors or omissions in individuals' personal data upon request
LU3: PDPA Lifecycle
T1: PDPA and the data lifecycle
T2: Organisation's processes, procedures and guidelines of DPMP
T3: Cease retention or anonymise personal data when it is no longer necessary for business or legal purposes
T4: Obtain consent to collect, use or disclose individuals' personal data
T5: Allow individuals to withdraw consent
Entry Requirements
Knowledge and Skills
• Able to operate computer functions with minimum Computer Literacy Level 2 based on ICAS Computer Skills Assessment Framework
• Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)
Attitude
• Positive Learning Attitude
• Enthusiastic Learner
Experience
• Minimum of 1 year of working experience.
• Minimum 18 years old