Members of The Coalition, including Red Dot United (RDU), celebrated Christmas in Jurong GRC by unveiling Tia, the Com-Unity ...

Veteran journalist Bertha Henson raised alarms on 12 December about the ease of accessing full NRIC numbers via ACRA’s new Bizfile system. By entering a name, even individuals with no business ties ...

The Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) clarified that NRIC numbers should not be used as passwords or for authentication, following public outcry over ACRA’s Bizfile platform. Despite SingPass ...

Allianz has reportedly abandoned its S$2.2 billion plan to acquire 51% of Singapore’s Income Insurance Ltd following public ...

German insurer Allianz SE has announced the withdrawal of its S$2.2 billion (US$1.6 billion) pre-conditional voluntary cash ...

Taiwan has received 38 M1A2 Abrams battle tanks from the US as part of a 2019 order. The tanks, which will replace older ...

Ministers Tan See Leng and K Shanmugam announced they will take legal action following a Bloomberg article published on 12 ...

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

Ministry of Digital Development and Information claims NRICs are “just identifiers,” reversing the PDPC’s 2018 stance that recognised NRIC numbers as sensitive due to risks like fraud and harassment.

ACRA’s Bizfile platform exposed full NRICs, yet it is exempt from penalties under the PDPA, unlike private organisations such as the Singapore Taekwondo Federation, which was fined for NRIC breaches.

Prof Eugene Tan’s claim that the government’s stance on NRIC masking aligns with the PDPA misrepresents its framework. Past ...

Former Temasek CEO Ho Ching has defended the use of NRICs as “digital names,” arguing they should not be treated as secret ...