PDPC | NRIC-Related

Organisations may ask for your NRIC number when required by law or to identify you to a high degree of high accuracy.

Common examples include:

Organisations should not use your NRIC number as default passwords or to authenticate you before granting access to services or information.

What is the difference between identification and authentication?

Will I still be required to provide a partial NRIC number?

What are the protections in place when I share my NRIC with private sector organisations?

When can an organisation retain my physical NRIC?