SINGAPORE - The Singapore Accountancy Commission unintentionally disclosed the personal data of 6,541 people to more than 40 recipients over four months this year.
The information disclosed included names, NRIC numbers, dates of birth, contact details, education and employment information and Singapore chartered accountant qualification examination results of the affected individuals.SAC said the folder containing the data was unintentionally attached in e-mails and sent to 41 people in 22 organisations between June 12 and Oct 22.
The incident was discovered on Nov 7, after the commission implemented a new data protection filter as part of the recommendations by the Public Sector Data Security Review Committee.
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