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Privacy & Data Protection Law
Last Updated Date:   26 June 2023


5 Units,  Semester 1

Course Description:
This course aims to introduce students to privacy and data protection law.

The bulk of this course will be centred on Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act 2012; students should emerge from this course equipped to advise on the various practical issues that modern organisations face when dealing with personal data. In addition, students will also be introduced to data protection regulation at the international level, through comparisons with other data protection laws in major jurisdictions (such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and China’s Personal Information Protection Law).

Apart from data protection law, this course will also consider other "traditional" privacy protections, principally those contained in criminal legislation (such as the Protection from Harassment Act 2015 and the Penal Code 1871). Students will gain familiarity with how the law protects individuals against harassment, voyeuristic conduct, and other privacy intrusions.

Course Convenor: Mr Benjamin Wong

Co-teacher(s): NA

Course Codes: LL4350V / LL5350V / LL6350V / LLJ4350V

Contact Hours: 3 hour weekly seminars

Workload: 3 hours

Mode of Assessment: Class Participation - 30% & Final Exam - 70%

Preclusions: LL4350/LL5350/LLJ5350/LL6350 Privacy & Data Protection Law

Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or common law equivalent.

Examination Date: Monday, 4 December 2023 (AM)

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