Reference no: EM133620694

Problem I. Jimmy works for an association. One of his responsibilities is coordinating events/programmes for a specific group of the organisation's members; around 30 of them. He needs to keep these 30 members informed of certain events and is the point of contact for them. These members have specific needs different from the other members of the association.

Members of the association provide their personal particulars, including contact numbers, upon joining as members. The contact numbers of these 30 members were provided to Jimmy to enable him to engage them. Jimmy set up a WhatsApp chat group and included all 30 members in the group without consulting them first. Jimmy did not have a "work mobile phone" and was using his personal mobile number to set up the chat group.

Jimmy resigned from the association and exited the chat group but many of the members' contact numbers were still saved on his phone. A few months after resigning, Jimmy decided to run for elections of the association governing body. He put himself forward for the post of president (Jimmy is also a member and is eligible to contest the election). As part of canvassing for votes, Jimmy messaged the members whose numbers he still had saved on his phone. One of the members complained to the association as to why Jimmy still had her number when he is no longer an employee of the association and suggested it could be a breach of her privacy and of the Private Data Protection Act (PDPA).

The association approached you (as a consultant) for your views and advice on the matter. They specifically wanted your views on:

A. Whether there was any breach of PDPA
B. Whether there are any potential risks of breach of PDPA
C. Advice on mitigating those risks.

Examine the events and appraise if there have been any breaches or potential breach of PDPA. You should also propose on possible action(s) the association can take to avoid breaches, and provide concluding remarks.

Problem II. Aliba comes every morning to the same residential street for the last 20 years. He 'hangs around' in the street helping the residents with running errands, washing their cars, and providing any assistance they need. The residents of the street know him and tend to tip him generously. Aliba would even become a driver for the day for some residents. He is the neighbourhood's 'help'. The residents use him for all sorts of small jobs. He survives on the residents' tips and his monthly earnings are, on average, substantial. He earns enough for his family of five and his three children's education. Some residents have offered him full time jobs in their companies, but Aliba turned down the offers as the pay was significantly lower than his average earnings from what he is doing. Would Aliba's current "work", relying on tips, be considered 'decent work' as per the International Labour Organisation (ILO) definition of decent work?