IDENTITY card numbers splashed across newspaper advertisements are likely to be a thing of the past, as the Government moves to tighten disclosure rules amid growing concerns about identity theft.
Last week, the Information, Communications and the Arts Ministry sent a letter to Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and MediaCorp advising them to refrain from publishing IC numbers in full in their advertisements.
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