Technological neutrality is the best mechanism of cyber security and protects consumer data privacy
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 th June 2023 – The Consumer Choice Center (CCC) emphasizes theimportance of governments supporting and maintaining technological neutrality in putting inplace the best mechanisms for cybersecurity systems and consumer data protection. Representative of the Malaysian Consumer Choice Center, Tarmizi Anuwar said: “Technologychanges very quickly and faster than amendments or changes in laws. […]
COMMENT ÉCHAPPER À LA CENSURE GOUVERNEMENTALE ?
Un outil se démocratise qui permet d’accéder à plus de contenus… tant que l’Etat ne s’en mêle pas directement. De plus en plus de consommateurs utilisent des VPN sur leurs appareils qui accèdent à Internet. Ce qui était autrefois une technique plutôt obscure permettant d’accéder à des sites différents par l’intermédiaire de serveurs virtuels est […]
Generational Endgame: The government needs to avoid repeated MySejahtera data leaks
KUALA LUMPUR, 6th March 2023 – The Consumer Choice Center (CCC) voiced concernsover the implementation of the generational endgame and urged the government to drop thegenerational endgame from the Tobacco and Smoking Products Control Bill. According to Tarmizi Anuwar, the Malaysian Consumer Choice Center representative, hebelieves that the Minister of Health is hasty in wanting […]
MoH urged take immediate recommendations in the AG’s Report on MySejahtera data leak
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Consumer Choice Center (MCCC) urges the Ministry of Health (MoH) to implement immediate security measures to prevent the continued theft of personal data from the MySejahtera application. This follows the Auditor General’s Report 2021 Series 2, which revealed that the super-admin account downloaded three million Malaysians’ personal data in the MySejahtera […]
Kenapa KKM gagal kenal pasti data MySejahtera dimuat turun ‘Super Admin’, soal kumpulan pengguna
Wakilnya menggesa KKM segera bertindak memperketatkan sistem pengurusan keselamatan data dan aplikasi tersebut. PETALING JAYA: Pusat Pilihan Pengguna (CCC) mengecam kerajaan kerana masih tidak mengenal pasti medan data peribadi yang dimuat turun daripada akaun “Super Admin” menerusi aplikasi MySejahtera, selepas lebih setahun laporan polis dibuat. Wakilnya, Tarmizi Anuwar, menggesa Kementerian Kesihatan (KKM) mempertingkatkan langkah keselamatan […]
The Ministry of Health Needs to Immediately Take the Recommendations of the Auditor General’s Report
KUALA LUMPUR, 20th February 2023 – The Malaysia Consumer Choice Center (CCC) urges the Ministry of Health of Malaysia to immediately present security measures to protect against the theft of personal data of the MySejahtera application from continuing. This follows the Auditor General’s Report 2021 Series 2 which revealed that 3 million Malaysians’ personal data in the […]
The Great Danger of CBDCs
There have been numerous announcements of central banks starting to explore the idea of introducing Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). From e-naira, a CBDC issued by the central bank of Nigeria, to the digital yuan in China to the European central bank exploring the idea of the digital euro. In fact, according to the Bank […]
Memperkasa Akta Perlindungan Data Peribadi
Maklumat-maklumat penting pelanggan seperti nama, alamat, e-mel, nombor telefon, maklumat kesihatan atau butiran bank – semuanya harus disimpan dan dilindungi dengan teliti. Namun hampir setiap hari kita mendengar pelbagai kes baru mengenai kecurian identiti, jenayah kewangan atau serangan yang berbentuk pencerobohan data peribadi. Kebocoran atau pencerobohan data peribadi perlu diberikan perhatian kerana pengguna terdedah kepada […]
Where is the FTC’s privacy report?
Data privacy is a fundamental liberal democratic principle for citizens + consumers. In December 2020, the Federal Trade Commission ordered security and privacy data from Big Tech firms to inform potential future rules that would impact all consumers. It’s nearly November 2022 but we still have NO report. Why? We know that our interactions with […]
The fight over Facebook’s content censor button will make all users lose
By Yaël Ossowski Once the so-called Facebook whistleblower revealed her identity and story, it was clear the narrative about the future of one of the largest social networking sites would soon go off the rails. What Haugen revealed in her initial leaks to the Wall Street Journal, which they dubbed the “Facebook Files,” were documents […]
How Can We Ensure Consumer Privacy?
Each and every week, we hear of new data breaches, hacks, and disclosures of sensitive financial and personal information. Last month, it was the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline in the United States, causing spikes in gas prices and long lines at the pump. Before that, news broke of a data leak affecting half a billion Facebook accounts, a bot […]
Digital data security poses several challenges
On a Monday, there is a data leak affecting half a billion Facebook accounts. By Tuesday, a bot has scraped 500 million LinkedIn accounts. Then Wednesday, Stanford University announces a hack that exposed thousands of Social Security numbers and financial details. And Thursday, the world’s largest aviation IT company announces 90% of passenger data might […]
