#KiniNews: Personal data safe on MySejahtera? - Don't worry, says minister
Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has reassured Malaysians that it's safe to use the country’s contact tracing app MySejahtera, as their private data is protected under the Personal Data Protection Act.
Ismail was responding to a question on a viral video which was widely circulated yesterday, showing a man questioning the MySejahtera app’s wide list of permissions required to function on mobile devices.
Ismail was responding to a question on a viral video which was widely circulated yesterday, showing a man questioning the MySejahtera app’s wide list of permissions required to function on mobile devices.
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