The Singapore government apologized for the public anxiety caused by the unmasking of National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) numbers on a new portal. The incident occurred after the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) launched the updated Bizfile portal, which made full NRIC numbers searchable. The government attributed the issue to a lapse in coordination and stated that the policy change was intended to enhance security.
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Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo reportedly said the government takes public concerns seriously and had not intended for the policy change to roll out in this manner.“We had wanted to give them better protection, and this required a change in our policy involving the use of NRIC numbers, because the current situation leaves us vulnerable.”
This followed a July directive from the Ministry of Digital Development and Information to move away from partially masked NRIC numbers, as these provide a false sense of security. “We should also have taken more deliberate care to ensure that such information, deemed sensitive by many, is provided only when needed,” Chia-Tern reportedly said.
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