1. Scope
This Model Code describes the minimum requirements for the protection of personal information in the form of electronic data (“personal data”). Any applicable law must be considered in implementing these requirements.

1.1
The objective of this Model Code is to assist organisations in developing and implementing policies and procedures to be used when managing personal data.

1.2
Where appropriate, the following data processing activities may be exempted:

1. Processing required by any law or by the order of a court;
2. Processing by any person purely for that person’s family, household or personal affairs (including recreational purposes);
3. Processing purely for journalistic, artistic or literary purposes;
4. Processing by any organisation directly relating to a current or former employment relationship between the organisation and the individual;
5. Any processing operations which are necessary to safeguard:
   1. National and public security;
   2. National defence;
   3. The prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences, or of breaches of ethics for regulated professions;
   4. An important national economic or financial interest, including monetary, budgetary and taxation matters;
   5. A monitoring, inspection or regulatory function connected, even occasionally, with the exercise of official authority;
   6. The protection of the individual or of the fundamental liberties of others under the Constitution; and
6. Processing for research or statistical purposes, provided the results of the research or any resulting statistics are not made available in a form which identifies any individual.

1.3
The Model Code applies to the processing of personal data whether or not by electronic means.

1.4
The Model Code applies to any personal data which are processed or controlled by the organisation, regardless of whether the data are transferred out of Singapore.

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