Josephine Teo, Indranee Rajah, ACRA chief on NRIC disclosure, change in policy | Full presser

Описание: Singapore’s Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo, ACRA’s chief executive Chia-Tern Huey Min and Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah addressed public anxiety over disclosure of National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) numbers on ACRA's new Bizfile portal at a press conference on Thursday (Dec 19).

This comes after privacy concerns were raised when users reported that the portal published people's full NRIC numbers for free in its search results. ACRA's chief executive explained how the NRIC issue arose, and apologised for it. More details here: https://cna.asia/41GNyMf

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00:00 Minister Josephine Teo apologises on behalf of the government for causing public anxiety
06:15 ACRA chief apologises for disclosure of NRIC numbers
11:36 Minister Indranee Rajah on ACRA's revised search function
17:40 Mrs Teo on policy change in using NRIC numbers
29:04 Q&A on why policy change was not communicated earlier
37:52 Q&A on lapses that led to unmasking of NRIC numbers
40:20 Q&A on staff involved in lapses; plans to review speed of public communication
43:20 Q&A on whether this is a policy U-turn; how many NRICs were leaked; assurance of safeguards
54:45 Q&A on how the government can improve on public communication
56:54 Q&A on timeline of solution; clarification on masking of NRIC numbers
1:08:04 Q&A on whether there's a need for a more private identifier
1:11:05 Q&A on timeline of policy change
1:21:01 Q&A on remediation measures

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