KUALA LUMPUR: Following a recent data leak involving Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Fahmi Fadzil says that data management and processing must be handled better in future.
The Communications and Digital Minister also said there has to be emphasis given to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).
“That is why I stressed with the (ministry’s) chief secretary and the Communications and Digital Ministry that we must prioritise the PDPA to ensure that all data processes and data holders understand how important data storage is.
“Data management has to be more organised as well in future,” Fahmi told reporters when met during the Majlis Sekalung Budi at Angkasapuri on Thursday (May 11).
Fahmi said the Personal Data Protection Department is currently looking into the matter and it has requested UiTM to furnish further information.
“I understand that the information was passed to the department. So far, I haven’t received any latest updates.
“But, I hope we can identify what actually happened to prevent this incident from happening again in future,” said Fahmi.
Earlier Thursday, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin said the case involving the data of 11,891 UiTM applicants is currently being probed.
UiTM has apologised for the data leakage incident and added that the link where the data was made available has been made inactive.
On May 9, a Twitter user claimed that UiTM had published the MyKad numbers and emails of the 11,891 students on an unsecured link.
