S’pore online grocer fined S$72,000 after addresses, partial credit card info of nearly 900,000 people leaked

On the RedMart case, the commission said it investigated the matter after being notified on Oct 29, 2020, that the personal data of RedMart customers was being sold online. — AFP Relaxnews

SINGAPORE: Grocery delivery service RedMart has been fined S$72,000 (RM235,401) after the Personal Data Protection Commission found that the personal data of nearly 900,000 people was stolen from its database in 2020 and put up for sale online.

The information stolen included names, encrypted passwords, phone numbers and partial credit card numbers, said the commission in a report on Dec 19.