Creative Tech among 7 in breach of personal data law

Total S$90,000 in penalties levied against six entities for failing to safeguard data, while one was given a warning

Tay Peck Gek

Published Fri, Jan 10, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

ANOTHER crop of organisations has been found in breach of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), with six of the seven being fined S$90,000 in total penalties.

These companies included Creative Technology, a service provider for MSIG Insurance (Singapore) and a recruiter that was attacked by ransomware.

Bryan Tan, partner at Pinsent Masons, told The Business Times that most of the past cases before the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) were a result of shortcomings or failings, including not applying patches, code written wrongly or not properly tested and data erroneously sent.

The lawyer said: "This tells us that a lot of the cases could have been avoided with being careful and applying processes and bes…

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