MCMC: Only eight data types required from telcos in Mobile Phone Data collection initiative


The data will be collected and stored on premise in MCMC for three years. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

CYBERJAYA: Mobile network operators are only required to provide eight types of data in the Mobile Phone Data (MPD) collection initiative, according to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

"No personally identifiable information such as IC number, name or phone number are collected," said MCMC deputy managing director Datuk Zurkarnain Mohd Yasin during a media briefing today (June 9).

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