NRIC should not be treated as sensitive unique identifiers: MDDI
Source: The Business Times
Published on: 2024-12-13 18:09
NATIONAL Registration Identity Card (NRIC) numbers should not be treated as sensitive, and instead be viewed as full names currently are, a Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) spokesperson said on Saturday (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," the spokesperson said. The response comes after public concern over the availability of full NRIC numbers of citizens on the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority's (Acra) Bizfile online portal. The portal is used for business registrations and filings. The MDDI spokesperson added that NRIC numbers can be misused when organisations rely on them as a form of authentication to acces...
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