Bar calls for Privacy Act, transparency on report of MySejahtera 'super admin' hack of personal data

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Bar calls for Privacy Act, transparency on report of MySejahtera 'super admin' hack of personal data
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The Malaysian Bar has today urged Putrajaya to take urgent action by enacting a Privacy Act to protect the data of Malaysians that would be collected by...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The Malaysian Bar has today urged Putrajaya to take urgent action by enacting a Privacy Act to protect the data of Malaysians that would be collected by corporations or the Malaysian or state governments.

“With that in mind, the Malaysian Bar urges the government to establish and enact a Privacy Act to protect the privacy of data collected by the Malaysian government and or state governments, or any corporation under the aegis of one or the other,” its president Karen Cheah Yee Lynn said in a statement.there was a data leakage for vaccine recipients registered under Health Ministry’s MySejahtera app.

“Not only is it of grave concern that the appointment of Entomo Malaysia was not conducted through open tender, no agreement was entered into between the Malaysian government and KPISoft Malaysia, aside from a Non-Disclosure Agreement .

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