Cessation of Collection, Verification and Retention of NRIC Details

• In line with the stricter rules introduced by the Personal Data Protection Commission ("PDPC") which comes into effect on 1 September 2019, these guidelines clarify how the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 ("PDPA") applies to organisations’ collection, use and disclosure of NRIC numbers (or copies of NRIC), and retention of physical NRICs by organisations. Under the updated Guidelines, organisations are generally not allowed to collect, use or disclose NRIC numbers (or copies of NRIC). The treatment for NRIC numbers also applies to Birth Certificate numbers, Foreign Identification Numbers (“FIN”) and Work Permit numbers, collectively referred to in these Guidelines as ‘other National Identification Numbers.

   

  Gardens by the Bay will no longer collect, verify or retain NRIC and other Identification Numbers in our ticketing procedures, our membership programmes or programmes organised by us for members of the public and has taken appropriate steps to delete records of NRIC and other Identification Numbers previously collected from our data base and have put in place the necessary measures to ensure the protection of personal details. More information on our Privacy Policy can be found here.