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Bun Hun holding a meeting on discuss ID privacy policy at Interior Ministry on Jan 25, 2021. -PPP
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Ministry of Interior lawyers and data specialists continue to meet to discuss the first draft of a sub-decree on the management, use, privacy safeguards and security of data the government has collected that can potentially be used to identify individuals.
On Jan 18, specialists from the ministry’s Legislation Council and heads of the ministry’s general directorates and departments discussed an initial draft comprising six chapters and 16 articles.
Ministry secretary of state Bun Hun – who also leads the Legislation Council – told The Post on Jan 26 that the purpose of this sub-decree was to determine rules for the management, use and privacy protection for identifying data that would serve public interests, promote service provision quality and develop the nation in a highly efficient and secure manner.