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ARTICLE · 29 DECEMBER 2022

Protection Of Personal Data In Singapore

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The 2017 Global Smart City Performance Index places Singapore at the top as a global hub for technology.

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Tanya Saraswat
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The 2017 Global Smart City Performance Index places Singapore at the top as a global hub for technology. In order to become the leading digital economy and a Smart Nation, the city-state has also launched the Digital Economy Framework for Action. A key component of Singapore's digital goals is cloud computing. The city-state topped the Asia-Pacific region in the 2018 Cloud Readiness Index of the Asia Cloud Computing Association as a result of significant government encouragement of cloud use across the sector. Based on its legal and regulatory environment, especially its data protection system, Singapore was ranked sixth out of 24 global IT economies for its cloud computing preparation in the 2018 BSA Global Cloud Computing Scorecard.

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