# Advisory Guidelines on Use of Personal Data in AI Recommendation and Decision Systems

- Date: 2024-03
- Source: https://www.pdpc.gov.sg/organisations/regulations-decisions/regulatory-guidance/advisory-guidelines-on-use-of-personal-data-in-ai-recommendation-and-decision-systems
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## Why it matters

Using Business Improvement Exception to replace case-by-case consent, PDPC by March 2024 had lowered AI training data compliance thresholds to an actionable level, forming a dual legal basis with copyright law section 244.

## Summary

PDPC clarifies how PDPA applies to AI recommendation and decision systems — giving organisations certainty when using personal data to train and run AI.