Fundamentals of the Personal Data Protection Act

Duration 3 days

Certificate TP Certificate

Course Overview

In today’s data-intensive economies, vast amounts of personal data are collected, used and processed. Organisations in Singapore are required to comply with the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) when they collect, use and disclose personal data.

This course will equip participants with an overview and understanding of the key legal and regulatory requirements of the PDPA and help them support their organisation’s compliance with the PDPA.

This course is suitable for Data Protection Officers (DPOs), compliance managers, human resource, IT, admin, sales and business development executives/managers who need to be involved in data protection matters.

Entry Requirements

Participants are assumed to be able to:

Understand relevant organisational strategies, objectives, culture, policies, processes and products / services;
Have information gathering skills to gather and collate necessary data;
Have analytical skills to assess policies and procedures;
Have business writing skills to prepare management report;
Have interpersonal and communication skills to interact with relevant stakeholders;
Have facilitation skills to ask the right questions to elicit necessary information; and
Be aware of compliance requirements of organisation.

Who Should Attend

Data Protection Officers, compliance managers, human resource managers, admin managers, IT, sales and other managers who are involved in data protection matters.

What You'll Learn

The course will train participants to identify key legislative and regulatory requirements under the PDPA including the 11 key obligations under the PDPA, the provisions relating to “Do Not Call”. The role of the Data Protection Officer will also be discussed, as well as learning how to manage data breaches through a case study.

The 3-day course, which has been enhanced with an expanded curriculum and more rigorous assessments, will cover the following areas:

Introduction to the PDPA
Role of DPO
Develop a process for dispute resolution
Managing data breaches
Data Protection and Do Not Call Provisions
Create an organisation’s data inventory map (DIM) and identify possible areas of non-compliance
Training and communications to staff for compliance to data protection provisions

Certification

Participants who attained at least 75% attendance and successfully completed the required assessments will be awarded a Business Management (BM) WSQ Statement of Attainment (SOA) “ICT-CGP-3020-1.1” from SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG).

Course Schedule/Apply

Intake Info	Application Closing Date	Course Duration
Not available	NA	3 days 9.00am to 6.00pm	Register Interest

Intake Info

Application Closing Date

Course Duration

Not available

3 days

9.00am to 6.00pm

Application Procedures

Click on the “Apply” button above to submit your application online.

Steps to follow in your application:

Step 1 – Click the “Apply for courses on eTEAMS” Button.

If you do not have a trainee/corporate account with SII

Step 2 – Click the “User Manual (PDF) 3.16MB” icon on the right side of the screen to download the manual for detailed instructions.

Step 3 – Click “Sign Up via Sing Pass” (for Self Sponsored Individuals) and “Sign Up via Corp Pass” (for Companies) and complete the registration process to create an account.

If you already have a trainee/corporate account with SII

Step 4 – Login with your Sing Pass (for Self Sponsored trainees) / Corp Pass (for Companies)

Step 5 – Search for the course under the course code WJY

Step 6 – Click “I want to register for this course” and choose the relevant course schedule.

Step 7 – Tick the “Agree” tick box. Next click “Add to Cart”

Step 8 – Click “View Cart”.

Step 9 – Click “Proceed to Register”

Step 10 – Complete all the pages on the registration form. Click the “Retrieve My Info” button to auto-fill most of your personal details for convenience.

Step 11 – Click “Save and Proceed” button at the end of the registration.

Step 12 – Tick all the relevant tick boxes.

Step 13 – Click “Submit Registration” button

SMEs which sponsor their employees for training are to email the completed Company Sponsorship Form to SIIEvents@tp.edu.sg to enjoy SSG’s subsidy.

Course Fees

Fees Type	Course Fees (w GST)
Full Course Fee	S$561.60
Singapore Citizens
Aged below 40	S$296.40
Aged 40 and above / SME-sponsored	S$192.40
Non-Singapore Citizens
Singapore Permanent Residents	S$301.60
SME-sponsored (Singapore Permanent Residents)	S$197.60

SkillsFuture Credit Approved. For more details, please click here.

With effect from 1 Jul 2020, the Workforce Training Scheme (WTS) will be replaced by Work Support Scheme (WSS), for more information, please visit:

https://www.wsg.gov.sg/programmes-and-initiatives/workfare-skills-support-scheme-individuals.html

Requirements

Please note that participants are required to achieve at least 75% of attendance and sit for the assessment at the end of the course. Participants who fail to meet the requirements will be withdrawn from their funding eligibility and the participant/company sponsor will be requested to make payment for the difference in the course fee, which is the funded amount.

Lecturer/Trainer Profile

Yang Yen Thaw

Yang Yen Thaw is a corporate lawyer, registered management consultant (RMC), an AAE (Associate Adult Educator), ACLP+ACTA certified adult trainer, certified AI consultant, CIPM, and PC:DP(S) certified practitioner (data protection). He has held senior management and executive positions in management and law in listed as well as private limited companies with businesses spanning Australia, China, France, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, UK, USA, and most Southeast Asian countries. He has also run his own law firm for 12 years.

Yen Thaw serves as Chief Legal Officer, Resident Management Consultant, and Chief PDPA consultant to various Singapore companies / firms and trains DPOs as well. He presented Singapore SkillsFuture Framework in the Retail Sector to DTI, PTTC, trade associations and companies in the Philippines in November 2019.

He was the speaker for a webinar on “PDPA and Data Governance” for Smart Nation X conducted on 13 August 2021, which was jointly organized by the PMO, SSG, and NTUC LearningHub. He was also the creator, designer, and developer for Design Thinking for Data Protection course that was approved by IMDA/PDPC as well as WSG. Yen Thaw has also been speaker for critical thinking and business negotiations for e2i / SkillsFuture Singapore in 2021.

In fuelling his training passion in lifelong learning, Yen Thaw constantly upskills himself in many and different disciplines. While teaching in diverse subjects to senior management and decision makers such as technology, management, and law, he has interwoven these together through innovative and creative means in unique techniques meeting the needs of Industry 4.0. among many other subjects, he primarily teaches AI & ML, business internationalization, cybersecurity, data protection, and entrepreneurship.

To him, “Law is a persuasion, management consultancy – a profession, and training – a passion”. He can be reached at yt@2ibpartners.com.

Visheshver Singh Narula S/o Darshan Singh

CIPM | ISO27001 | DACE | ACTA | AEP

Vishesh is a professional and passionate trainer in Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), Data Security & Cybersecurity courses. He is also a practicing consultant, providing Data Protection solutions, implementing Data Protection Management Programmes (DPMP) as well as being a freelance Data Protection Officer. In addition, he is a certified Information Security Management Systems (ISO27001) Lead Auditor, currently conducting Data Protection Trustmark (DPTM) audits. Having conducted PDPA-related courses numerous times, he uses a variety of hands-on activities to make the course more interactive and meaningful.

Course Contact

sii@tp.edu.sg
62255744
Monday - Thursday: 8.30am to 6.00pm
Friday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
Closed on Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays
https://www.tp.edu.sg/sii
Security Industry Institute
Temasek Polytechnic
East Wing Block 1A, Level 3, Unit 4
21 Tampines Ave 1
Singapore 529757

Temasek Polytechnic reserves the right to alter the course, modify the scale of fee, amend any other information or cancel a course with low enrolment.

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