Learn PDPA + DNC with Phoebe

Two tracks from "what does the PDPA want" to a marketing campaign you can defend

Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act sets ten obligations for handling personal data - and a Do Not Call layer on top that governs every marketing call, text, and fax. A leader track teaches what the law requires and what it costs to get wrong, no jargon. A practitioner track turns it operational: check the registry, capture real consent, run a campaign that survives an audit, and respond to a breach. The running case is Marina Retail, a Singapore SME. Taught from the PDPC's own guidelines.

2tracks
14sessions
1live DNC checker
10PDPA obligations
βš–οΈ Educational, not legal advice. The PDPA is administered by the PDPC and changes - verify against the current PDPC Advisory Guidelines and get proper advice before acting.

The leader track 🀝 · for C-level, managers & marketers who sign off · 6 x 45 min · no jargon

What the law actually requires, where the risk sits, and the decisions only you can make - each session ends with questions to ask your DPO and marketing team.

The practitioner track πŸ› οΈ Β· for marketers, DPOs & ops Β· 8 x 45 min Β· Marina Retail case

The operational half: how to actually comply, day to day, on real campaigns. Every session moves Marina Retail one step closer to an operation that survives an audit.

πŸ“΅Practitioner 1 Β· easy

The DNC check before you send

The three registers, the 21-day rule, and a live checker that rules any scenario compliant or not - and tells you why.

β–Ά Practitioners start here
✍️Practitioner 2 · easy

Capturing valid consent

Clear-and-unambiguous consent, deemed consent, positive action vs pre-ticked boxes, records, and honouring withdrawal.

Marina gets consent
πŸ“£Practitioner 3 Β· medium

A compliant campaign end to end

Scope the message, pick consent or a register check, send, and keep the records that prove you did it right.

Marina runs a campaign
πŸͺͺPractitioner 4 Β· medium

Message-ID + calling rules

Sender identity and contact info (s.44), never concealing the calling number (s.45), across voice, SMS, and fax.

Identify yourself
🧩Practitioner 5 · hands-on

Exemptions in practice

Transactional, market research, B2B, and the ongoing-relationship exemption - which messages fall outside DNC entirely.

What is in scope
πŸ”ŽPractitioner 6 Β· hands-on

Access & correction requests

What to hand over, the 30-day rule, permitted refusals, and passing corrections to third parties you shared with.

Handle a request
🚨Practitioner 7 · hardest

Data breach response

Assess in 30 days, notify the PDPC in 3, notify individuals - the notifiable thresholds and the clock that starts ticking.

When it goes wrong
πŸ—‚οΈPractitioner 8 Β· hardest

Building the compliance system

DPO, policies, a data inventory, staff training, a breach plan, and audits - the accountability artifacts that make it stick.

Marina graduates
easy - everyone medium hands-on / deciding hardest

The running case + the live checker πŸ“΅

Marina Retail, and a DNC checker you can poke

The practitioner track follows Marina Retail, a Singapore SME, from "we just blast our customer list" to a marketing operation that survives an audit. Session b1 gives you a live DNC compliance checker: pick a message purpose, channel, consent state, and register check, and it rules the scenario compliant or not - and cites the exact PDPA provision. It encodes the real Part 9 decision logic (educational, not legal advice).

Choose your path πŸ—ΊοΈ

Two doors, one course. Leaders get the law and the risk; practitioners get the day-to-day moves that keep you compliant.

🀝 Leader (the law + the risk) a1β†’ a2β†’ a3β†’ a4β†’ a5β†’ a6
πŸ› οΈ Practitioner (comply day to day) b1β†’ b2β†’ b3β†’ b4β†’ b5β†’ b6β†’ b7β†’ b8
🌱 Marketer in a hurry (the essentials) a3β†’ b1β†’ b2
πŸš€ Full journey (lead AND run it) a1-a6β†’ b1-b8

The knowledge map 🧠

Both tracks at a glance - hover a session to spotlight its concepts, click any node to jump in.