To commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the country's data protection laws, Singapore has developed a privacy-enhancing technology (PET) sandbox with the intention of assisting organisations for the launch of their own PET projects. The sandbox will provide a secure environment for organisations to test their PET projects and assist them in identifying the appropriate data sharing tools. PETs have a potential of unlocking value from private or proprietary data that organisations may not be willing to disclose. As PETs mature, organisations have asked for guidance for deploying PET solutions among their apps. For this, the sandbox will provide a safe environment and testing ground to pilot projects. These projects will assist organisation in identifying the optimal PET for achieving their data sharing goals and gaining a deeper understanding of technical constraints. Drawing on the lessons from the pilot, Singapore plans to identify common tools that can support industry’s adoption of PETs and develop policy guidance to set standards and best practices. The use cases will be based on common data sharing objectives. This will help the organisations to identify relevant use cases, as well as enable Singaporean authorities to concentrate resources to develop future policy and solutions. Mr. Yeong Zee Kin, Project Manager, PET said, “While nascent, PET occupy a sweet spot by allowing the extraction and sharing of insights, while ensuring security and confidentiality of personal data. Through this, we aim to discover the right PET for a use case fit and their limits, so that we can establish standards and best practices to support greater adoption.”.
International eGov Update
Singapore unveils Privacy Enhancing Technology Sandbox
From October 2022 • Informatics, National Informatics Centre