Number of Online Searches Performed when Full NRIC Numbers were Accessible on Bizfile Portal

Dr Tan Wu Meng asked the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance during the period that ACRA's updated Bizfile portal was made publicly accessible (a) how many online searches for individuals have been performed; (b) how many of these searches are by NRIC; and (c) how many of such searches are from internet IP addresses (i) within Singapore and (ii) outside Singapore.

This Parliamentary Question will be addressed through a Ministerial Statement by the Second Minister for Finance during the Parliament Sitting on 8 January 2025. [Please refer to "NRIC Numbers in ACRA's Bizfile Service", Official Report, 8 January 2025, Vol 95, Issue 149, Ministerial Statements section.]