Data protection, security Putrajaya’s priority, minister says
Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo speaks at the launch of Malaysia’s first large-scale Terragraph trial in George Town February 18, 2019. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
CYBERJAYA, March 4 — Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo today stressed that the government will not waver from its pledge to protect public data and information, after a news report alleging Facebook's global effort in lobbying against data protection policies. In a press conference here, Gobind said that while the government welcomes investments and ideas with regards to technological development, all discussions or negotiations will uphold the interest an the security of the people.
“Lots of people approach Malaysia with all sorts of ideas and a lots of suggestions, but our position is very,very clear. We are now formulating policies when it comes to data. But I think at the end of the day, at the top most on our minds, is to ensure that there is privacy and security. “So to us, we are going to carry on with what we have done before, which is to assure everyone that whatever it is that we do, be it in terms of data, be it in terms of infrastructure and things like that, security is the top most on our minds, and whatever discussion, will be be held with that in the backdrop,” Gobind told reporters after officiating the Cyberjaya Infra Conference and exhibition 2019, here.
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