This checklist outlines seven steps healthcare organizations can use to strengthen data-protection readiness, particularly in the context of Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act. Organizations should first define roles and accountability for collecting, using, protecting, and deleting health information, then perform a gap analysis covering data types, access, third parties, retention, and existing controls. The remaining steps are to build a prioritized action plan, obtain leadership support, educate employees, reform information-governance frameworks, and conduct regular audits. Governance should address retention, classification, access, deletion, disaster recovery, monitoring, and unauthorized access. The document recommends centralized data management and automated protection poli

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