Asia-Pacific · 2 laws · 10 requirements
Singapore: the laws your website or app must follow
If your customers are in Singapore, these are the privacy, consumer, security, accessibility and AI laws SafeLaunch checks your site against, with what each one requires and where in the law it says so.
How a SafeLaunch audit checks each one
- CheckedChecked automatically on every scan
- AI reviewLooked for by the AI analysis, reported only with evidence
- Your answersDecided from your answers to the audit questions
- PreparedPrepared for you in the report's compliance pack
- You confirmA scan can't see this; you need to confirm it
PDPA
In force; mandatory breach notification since 1 Feb 2021.
Who it covers: Organisations collecting personal data in Singapore.
What it requires of a website or app (8)
- Tell people the purposes before or at collectionCheckeds. 20
- Consent (or deemed consent) for collection, use and disclosure, including cookies that collect personal dataCheckeds. 13–17
- Make the DPO's business contact information publicly availableCheckeds. 11(5)
- Access and correction requestsCheckeds. 21–22
- Reasonable security arrangementsCheckeds. 24
- Notify the PDPC within 3 calendar days of assessing a breach as notifiable (significant harm or 500+ people)Checkeds. 26D
- Transfers abroad only with comparable protectionCheckeds. 26
- Check the Do Not Call Registry before marketing calls or texts (if if you market by phone or SMS)PreparedPart 9
Sources:PDPC
Spam Control Act
In force.
Who it covers: Unsolicited commercial electronic messages sent in bulk.
What it requires of a website or app (2)
- An unsubscribe facility, and "<ADV>" in the subject line of unsolicited ads (if if you send marketing emails)Your answersSecond Schedule
- Accurate sender and header information (if if you send marketing emails)PreparedSecond Schedule
Sources:Spam Control Act 2007
Licensed professionals in Singapore
These regulators' advertising and conduct rules apply on top of the laws above, only to sites of that profession.
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A plain-language summary of what each law requires of a website or app, from the SafeLaunch rulebook, with the provision and official sources. It is not legal advice and not every duty in each law is listed.