‘Personal data will be untouched’


Historical data: Abdul Rahman (centre) looking at reports and books from the Population and Housing Census 1957 after the launch of MyStats Day 2017 at Pusat Permata Pintar Negara in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi. Looking on is Chief Statistician Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin (right). — Bernama

BANGI: Protected personal and sensitive national security data are excluded from the data collection exercise to be carried out by the National Statistics Department.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan gave this assurance following the Cabinet’s recent approval to empower the department to collect data from all government departments and agencies.

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