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9 9 1 1002 9 Platinum Yoga Pte Ltd https://www.pdpc.gov.sg/Undertakings/Undertaking-by-Platinum-Yoga-Pte-Ltd 2021-06-10 Background  The Personal Data Protection Commission (the “Commission”) received a data breach notification on 29 October 2020 from Platinum Yoga Pte. Ltd. (“Platinum Yoga”), informing of a suspected alleged act of mischief by a terminated employee of Platinum Yoga, who gained unauthorised access to its Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”) system and Facebook account. The CRM system held the email addresses and photographs of Platinum Yoga’s members. Consequently, photographs of 25 individuals were disclosed in an unauthorised Facebook post, and the email addresses of 58 individuals were disclosed in an email impersonating Platinum Yoga. It was established that Platinum Yoga had 1) lacked access restriction to the accounts it had which included the CRM system and its Facebook account; 2) lacked dedicated personnel to ensure and enforce password changes to the CRM system and Facebook account periodically or whenever necessary, among its employees; and 3) not developed a data protection policy internally. Remedial Actions After the incident, as part of a remediation plan, Platinum Yoga: (a) Implemented access restrictions to the CRM system and other accounts, including access to the CRM system on a need-to-know basis, and 2 Factor Authentication to accounts possible; (b) Ensured that personal data can only be viewed or accessed from its property only; (c) Appointed dedicated team to monitor and ensure password change to the CRM system and other accounts periodically, and whenever necessary, among its employees; (d) Implemented periodic reminders to members on changing of passwords; (e) Implemented quarterly review of its internal data protection policy. Undertaking  Having considered the circumstances of the case, including the remediation actions taken by Platinum Yoga to improve its personal data protection practices, the Commission accepted an undertaking from Platinum Yoga to improve its compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012. The undertaking was executed on 20 January 2021 (the “Undertaking”).  The Undertaking provided that Platinum Yoga was to complete the implementation of the its remediation plan, by developing an internal data protection policy. Platinum Yoga has since updated the Commission that implementation of its remediation plan has been completed. The Commission has reviewed the matter and determined that Platinum Yoga has complied with the terms of the Undertaking. Please click here to view the Undertaking. https://www.pdpc.gov.sg/-/media/Files/PDPC/PDF-Files/Undertakings/Undertaking---Platinum-Yoga-Pte-Ltd.pdf VOLUNTARY UNDERTAKING (“Undertaking”) TO THE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION COMMISSION This Undertaking is given to the Info-communications Media Development Authority designated as the Personal Data Protection Commission under section 5(1) of the PDPA (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”), by: Platinum Yoga Pte. Ltd. UEN: 201109593N Registered Address: 1 Marine Parade Central, #13-09 Parkway Centre, Singapore 449408 (hereinafter referred to as the “Organisation”). By signing this Undertaking, the above-named Organisation acknowledges the matters stated herein and undertakes to the Commission in the terms set out herein. 1. DEFINITIONS 1.1 In this Undertaking: (a) “Commission’s Letter” means the letter dated <14 January 2021> from the Commission to the Organisation, concerning its investigation under the PDPA, including the appendices thereto; (b) “Data Protection Provisions” means the provisions in Parts III to VI of the PDPA; and (c) “PDPA” means the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (No. 26 of 2012). 2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2.1 The Organisation hereby acknowledges the following matters: (a) As referenced in the Commission’s Letter, the Commission has carried out investigations into certain acts and practices of the Organisation, which potentially infringe one or more of the Data Protection Provisions. (b) As a result of any non-compliance with the PDPA by an organisation, the Commission has a number of enforcement options under the PDPA, including the option to give a direction under section 29 of the PDPA. (c) The Commission recognises that the Organisation has made efforts to address the concerns raised in this case and to improve its personal data protection practices. In addition, the Organisation was cooperative in the course of the investigation and was responsive to requests for Page 1 of 5 information. The Commission further recognises that the Organisation is already implementing the remediation plan set out in clause 3 below. (d) Having carefully considered all the relevant facts and circumstances, the Commission takes the view that this is an appropriate case in which an Undertaking may be accepted. 2.2 The Organisation also acknowledges and agrees that the Commission may publish and make publicly available this Undertaking (which to avoid doubt, includes the Commission’s Letter), and without limitation to the foregoing, the Commission may issue public statements referring to this Undertaking and/or its contents in whole or in part. 3. UNDERTAKINGS 3.1 The Organisation undertakes that it has taken, or will take all necessary steps to implement its remediation plan, namely, to carry out the actions referred to in Schedule A in accordance to the stipulated timelines. 3.2 In addition, the Organisation undertakes to provide, and will ensure that it provides all necessary assistance that the Commission may require to verify the completion of the Organisation’s remediation plan in accordance with Schedule A referred to in clause 3.1, including (without limitation) granting the Commission and its representatives physical access to the Organisation’s premises, providing information and documentation to the Commission, and arranging for meetings and/or interviews with the Organisation’s staff, contractors and/or consultants. 4. COMMENCEMENT 4.1 This Undertaking shall take effect upon the acceptance by the Commission of the Organisation’s duly executed Undertaking. 5. THE COMMISSION’S STATUTORY POWERS 5.1 In order to provide the Organisation with an opportunity to complete all necessary steps to implement its undertakings set out in clause 3 above, the Commission will exercise its powers under section 50(3) of the PDPA to suspend the investigations referred to in clause 2 on the date the Undertaking takes effect as set out in clause 4.1. 5.2 The Organisation acknowledges that the Commission will verify the Organisation’s compliance with its undertakings set out in clause 3 above. 5.3 Clause 5.1 above shall be without prejudice to the Commission’s statutory powers to conduct or resume, at any time, the investigations referred to in clause 2 above if it thinks fit, including but not limited to the situation where the Page 2 of 5 Organisation fails to comply with this Undertaking or part thereof in relation to any matter. 5.4 Nothing in this Undertaking, including the Commission’s acceptance of the Undertaking, is intended to, or shall, fetter or constrain the Commission’s rights and statutory powers (including but not limited to those under section 29 and section 50 of the PDPA) in any manner. Neither shall be construed as creating any anticipation or expectation that the Commission will take or not take any particular course of action in the future (whether in the present case or in respect of any other case concerning a breach or suspected breach of the PDPA). The acceptance of this Undertaking is strictly confined to the particular facts of the present case, and is made on the basis of the representations and information provided by the Organisation. The acceptance of an Undertaking in this case shall not be construed as establishing any precedent. 6. VARIATION 6.1 This Undertaking may be varied only with the express written agreement of the Commission. This document has been electronically signed by Info-communications Media Development Authority and Platinum Yoga Pte Ltd. The Parties hereby affirm that the electronic signatures have been affixed with the due authorisation of each Party and that Parties intend for the electronic signatures to carry the same weight, effect and meaning as hand-signed wet-ink signatures. SIGNED, for and on behalf of ) Platinum Yoga Pte Ltd. ) By the following: ) Name: ______________________________________ ) Designation: _________________________________ ) Date: _______________________________________ ) ACCEPTED, for and on behalf of ) Personal Data Protection Commission ) Page 3 of 5 By the following: ) Yeong Zee Kin Name: ______________________________________ ) Designation: Deputy Commissioner for Commissioner for Personal Data Protection ) Date: _______________________________________ ) SCHEDULE A Causes of Incident 1 Lack of access restriction and additional layer of security to CRM system and other accounts Remediation Plan i. Sales staff are issued with tablet and SIM card to ensure that personal data can only be viewed or accessed via Organisation’s property only ii. Set up of IP address restriction so CRM can only be accessed in the premises of the Organisation. iii. Further restrict access to CRM system on a need-to-know basis. iv. Set up of 2 Factor Authorisation (2FA) to all other accounts possible Target Completion Completed Page 4 of 5 2 3 Lack of personnel to enforce password change Lack of internal data protection policies i. HR Team to monitor and ensure that employee change their passwords to the CRM system on the 1st of each month. ii. Passwords for all online accounts are to be change every month or when an employee left the Organisation, whichever earlier. iii. Organisation will also be sending out reminders to members once every 3 months to change passwords through newsletter, application notification and posters To develop internal data protection policies that include but not limited to: - The Do’s and Don’ts - Data Protection Plan - Action Plan To carry out review and update of internal data protection policies every 3 months. On-going Target completion by 11 April 2021 On-going Page 5 of 5 f621902bbbc4d00ed896b448aa3a44e830575f21

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