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The Online Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2022, which commenced on 1 February 2023, empowers the IMDA to issue directions and disable access to egregious content on online communication services.

Singapore Introduces New Online Safety Provisions to Tackle Online Egregious Content

Date
Feb 17, 2023
Author
OrionW
The Online Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2022, which commenced on 1 February 2023, empowers the IMDA to issue directions and disable access to egregious content on online communication services.
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The Singapore government announced that COVID-19 safe management measures will be fully lifted from 13 February 2023. This insight provides an update of the changes at the workplace setting.

Lifting of Safe Management Measures at the Workplace

Date
Feb 12, 2023
Author
OrionW
The Singapore government announced that COVID-19 safe management measures will be fully lifted from 13 February 2023. This insight provides an update of the changes at the workplace setting.
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Proposed amendments will enable companies and trusts to conduct meetings of members and unitholders with greater flexibility, efficiency and convenience through the use of virtual meeting technology.

Consultation Proposes to Permit Meetings of Company Members to Be Conducted by Electronic Means

Date
Feb 10, 2023
Author
OrionW
Proposed amendments will enable companies and trusts to conduct meetings of members and unitholders with greater flexibility, efficiency and convenience through the use of virtual meeting technology.
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Singapore’s health and cybersecurity agencies have proposed a cybersecurity labelling scheme for medical devices that handle personal or clinical data or are network-connected. The scheme includes four cybersecurity levels with increasing r

Consultation for Proposed Cybersecurity Labelling of Medical Devices

Date
Feb 3, 2023
Author
OrionW
Singapore’s health and cybersecurity agencies have proposed a cybersecurity labelling scheme for medical devices that handle personal or clinical data or are network-connected. The scheme includes four cybersecurity levels with increasing r
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In its first decision on the matter, the Personal Data Protection Commission explains when and how organisations may validly rely on the Legitimate Interests Exception to collect personal data without consent.

PDPC Decision: Reliance on Legitimate Interests Exception to Consent Requirement

Date
Jan 25, 2023
Author
OrionW
In its first decision on the matter, the Personal Data Protection Commission explains when and how organisations may validly rely on the Legitimate Interests Exception to collect personal data without consent.
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From 1 June 2023, virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in Hong Kong and overseas VASPs that actively market their virtual asset services in HK will be subject to licence and other regulatory requirements under HK’s amended AML law.

New Hong Kong Licensing Regime for Virtual Asset Service Providers

Date
Dec 19, 2022
Author
OrionW
From 1 June 2023, virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in Hong Kong and overseas VASPs that actively market their virtual asset services in HK will be subject to licence and other regulatory requirements under HK’s amended AML law.
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