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mobile phone checks

MCMC facilitates data sharing with DOSM to cut survey costs

Anonymised mobile data improves accuracy, reduces reliance on expensive fieldwork without compromising privacy

Mobile phone data less info than what Google, Facebook collect: MCMC

Commissioner says government uses anonymised data for economic and statistical planning, unlike tech giants that gather far more detailed user information

We never ask for personal user data from telcos under MPD initiative: MCMC

Deputy managing director explains that all mobile data is anonymised at the telco level, with no names, IC numbers or addresses ever collected or stored by the commission

Unlawful for police to conduct mobile phone checks on the public – Lawyers for Liberty

Legal provisions only allow for checks within parameters of an ongoing investigation and where there is reasonable suspicion, and not as part of routine inspections during roadblocks

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