NRIC number is private or public info?

[Jellandross]

So is NRIC number still under PDPA?

Said a Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) spokesperson in a statement early on Dec 14: "As a unique identifier, the NRIC number is assumed to be known, just as our real names are known.

"There should therefore not be any sensitivity in having one's full NRIC number made public, in the same way that we routinely share and reveal our full names to others."

 

 

[macrosszero]

So contradictory.

We just went through a big exercise to mask the first few digits of our IC number and now they say its ok to reveal the whole thing?

[Ahwhye]

ke belakang pusing....

[Carbon82]

When NRIC no. become accessible to the public, one can go LTA to check the details of ministers' car. Let see whether these ministers will mind or not... 

https://vrl.lta.gov.sg/lta/vrl/action/pubfunc?ID=EnquireRebateBeforeDeReg

[Flying_genie]

It's easier for gov to say this than to admit that ACRA screwed up

[Ahwhye]

On 12/14/2024 at 6:05 PM, Flying_genie said:

It's easier for gov to say this than to admit that ACRA screwed up

eh... who develop this new ACRA bizfile system huh?

or now the brain can't control left hand or right hand liao?

[Inlinefour]

官字两个口

 

Period 

[Sosaria]

Maybe Tan KL was right after all and way ahead of the times. What is PDPA?

https://mothership.sg/2019/05/tan-kin-lian-nric/

[Jellandross]

Didn't know it's so easy to sabo someone if you know some of their basic particulars like NRIC 😰

 

 

[Sosaria]

Can go NLB and borrow books with someone else's NRIC number - it's easy to generate the barcode to scan.

[jcmm]

Recently a lot of c@ck up n authorities trying very hard to cover up... Anyway, SG is very forgiving n forgetful. 

Edited December 14 by jcmm

[Windwaver]

 

[Windwaver]

On 12/14/2024 at 7:20 PM, Inlinefour said:

官字两个口

 

Period 

[Stary]

On 12/14/2024 at 4:07 PM, Jellandross said:

So is NRIC number still under PDPA?

Said a Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) spokesperson in a statement early on Dec 14: "As a unique identifier, the NRIC number is assumed to be known, just as our real names are known.

"There should therefore not be any sensitivity in having one's full NRIC number made public, in the same way that we routinely share and reveal our full names to others."

Making NRIC numbers as public info  is simply opening up another channel of personal information for scammers.

I really hope they know what they are doing.

BTW, I don't think people routinely share their  full name to others.  Who go around introducing themselves in full name? 

Edited December 14 by Stary

[macrosszero]

IMDA then may as well stop blocking pr0n sites because there’s always going to be some sites that are not blocked, and for the others, people can get VPN

[badlammy]

What about the fines collected for previous breaches? 

[bsswan]

Like ERP2.0, falls into the category, "What the h3ll are they thinking?"

I'm personally very against it.

Now would have no way to complain about the info required by our neighbours for their VEP, also.

[Sosaria]

On 12/14/2024 at 10:11 PM, Stary said:

Making NRIC numbers as public info  is simply opening up another channel of personal information for scammers.

I really hope they know what they are doing.

BTW, I don't think people routinely share their  full name to others.  Who go around introducing themselves in full name? 

Maybe those MDDI people when go massage spa will really really write down their full name and NRIC number