On July 15, 2024, Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission Singapore (PDPC) released a Proposed Guide on Synthetic Data Generation (Guide). The Guide is a resource within the Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET) Sandbox which aims to assist organisations in understanding the techniques and potential applications of Synthetic Data generation, particularly in the context of artificial intelligence (AI) without … Continue Reading
As a digital technologies hub in the Asia Pacific region, Singapore is making a big push to advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies across various sectors, including healthcare. The promise of AI in managing Singapore’s ageing population and enhancing patient care and treatment more broadly cannot be overstated. This spans the ability to better predict and … Continue Reading
On December 11, 2023, Singapore’s Ministry of Health launched a public consultation exercise on a proposed Health Information Bill (Bill), with a draft expected to be tabled in Parliament in the first half of 2024. Whilst extensive industry consultations have been conducted on the proposed provisions of the Bill involving 39 focus groups and over … Continue Reading
On December 4, 2023, Singapore’s Ministry of Health (Ministry) announced that the nation’s first ever comprehensive health data law, the Health Information Bill (Bill), will be introduced in mid-2024. A set of Cyber & Data Security Guidelines for Healthcare Providers (Guidelines) was also published. Of particular importance is that these Guidelines will frame and eventually … Continue Reading
Nine years after its initial inception, Singapore’s data protection authority (Commission) published in September 2023 an updated set of advisory guidelines for the healthcare sector (Revised Guidelines). As with other advisory guidelines issued by the Commission, the Revised Guidelines are not intended to be legally binding, but will guide the interpretation and enforcement of Singapore’s … Continue Reading
In August 2023, India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (Act) received presidential assent, formalizing its first ever comprehensive and union-wide data protection law. The Act differs in many respects from a preceding version that was withdrawn in 2022, and reflects intensive discussion and revisions since then. In its final form, the Act reflects the central … Continue Reading
Singapore has open-sourced the world’s first AI governance testing framework and toolkit, called “AI Verify”. As a single integrated software toolkit operating within a user’s enterprise environment, AI Verify allows users to conduct technical tests on their AI models, and record process checks for reporting to any shareholders or regulatory bodies. Additional toolkits can be … Continue Reading
