SINGAPORE – The names and NRIC numbers of about 600 participants of the SG Youth Forum were mistakenly sent to a private e-mail address by the National Youth Council (NYC).
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo said the incident on Aug 25 was caused by a human error, and NYC is now looking to strengthen safeguards for its data handling processes.
He was responding to a parliamentary question from Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik (Sengkang GRC) on Oct 7.
The SG Youth Forum is an annual event organised by NYC, bringing together the Government, youth and stakeholders to discuss issues that matter to young Singaporeans.
It was most recently held in July at the Suntec Convention Centre, where the SG Youth Plan was launched.
Neo said NYC discovered the data leak on the same day the file containing the data was sent, and requested the recipient to delete the information. But repeated attempts to contact the recipient were unsuccessful.
NYC then assessed that no further action could be reasonably taken and e-mailed the affected participants on Sept 3 to notify them of the incident.
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