ACRA

2024 - 12 - 13

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Netizens raise privacy concerns over Acra's Bizfile search function ... (AsiaOne)

The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) manages the portal, which is used for business registrations and filings. The concerns were raised ...

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Govt plans to stop masking NRIC numbers, apologises for ACRA ... (CNA)

People raised privacy concerns after the new Bizfile portal published people's full NRIC numbers for free in its search results. ACRA had moved ahead with ...

14 December 2024: Hello ACRA, what is going on (We, The Citizens)

This week: Important questions about government agencies and the responsibility they shoulder when it comes to personal data.

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Acra disables search function for NRIC numbers on portal for now (The New Paper)

Singapore News - The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) has temporarily disabled the function allowing people to access the IC numbers of ...

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Veteran journalist concerned over public visibility of NRIC numbers ... (The Independent)

SINGAPORE: After former Straits Times editor Bertha Henson wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday (Dec 12) how easy it was to see an individual's National ...

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People Can Find Full NRIC Numbers With Just Names Through ... (Goody Feed)

Well, just key in his name on Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority's (ACRA) recently launched Bizfile platform, and you'd not only know how old he is, ...

NRIC should not be treated as sensitive unique identifiers: MDDI (The Business Times)

NATIONAL Registration Identity Card (NRIC) numbers should not be treated as sensitive, and instead be viewed as full names currently are, a Ministry of ...

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Government reveals ACRA moved ahead of plans on unmasking ... (The Online Citizen SG)

The Singapore government revealed that ACRA moved ahead with unmasking NRIC numbers on the Bizfile portal before plans for public education. Privacy concerns ...

NRIC should not be treated as sensitive unique identifiers: MDDI (The Business Times)

NATIONAL Registration Identity Card (NRIC) numbers should not be treated as sensitive information, and instead be viewed as full names currently are, ...

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Govt intends to stop masking NRIC numbers, says there is not 'much ... (Mothership.sg)

"As a unique identifier, the NRIC number is assumed to be known, just as our real names are known," said MDDI in the statement. author profile.

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Acra disables search function for NRIC numbers on portal for now ... (AsiaOne)

SINGAPORE โ€” The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) has temporarily disabled the function allowing people to access the IC numbers of ...

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ACRA implementing unapproved policies, bypassing Parliament (The Online Citizen SG)

ACRA's Bizfile platform exposed full NRICs, yet it is exempt from penalties under the PDPA, unlike private organisations such as the Singapore Taekwondo ...

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Advisory Guidelines on NRIC protection removed for โ€œupdates ... (The Online Citizen SG)

This removal comes shortly after the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) defended the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority's (ACRA) ...

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Use of NRIC numbers โ€“ Acra jumped the gun (The New Paper)

Singapore News - Singapore's data privacy watchdog is updating guidelines on how National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) numbers can be collected, ...

MDDI's reply to media queries on disclosure of NRIC number on ... (Ministry of Communications and Information)

The NRIC number is a unique identifier assigned by the Singapore Government as a means to identify individuals, and should be used as such.

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