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                                <title><![CDATA[ Netizens pan Rafizi after clip deriding those not registered in Padu ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Defending PADU as 'safe', Rafizi says database withstood over 2 million cyber attacks ]]></title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ The economy minister responds to the Sarawak government's criticism of the new database hub he has been promoting. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Communications ministry to look into cyber security, personal data protection ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Cops probing alleged sale of personal data from JPN ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 00:20:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China ministry orders 38 apps to rectify excessive collection of personal data ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:18:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Hack exposed personal data of entire Swiss town, report says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:14:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China passes tough new online privacy law ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 03:48:13 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ State-run and private companies handling personal information will now be required to reduce data collection and obtain user consent. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Rela denies personal data used for automatic registration of members ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2021 05:46:44 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It says automatic registration is against Section 6(1) of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Facebook says hackers ‘scraped’ data of 533 million users in 2019 leak ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 02:09:07 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The data included phone numbers, birth dates, and email addresses according to media reports, although Facebook says it did not include passwords or financial details. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Time to rethink the culture of collecting and sharing personal data ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 04:21:15 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Much of the information collected by companies is not even necessary for the running of its business, but many customers give it up without a second thought. ]]></description>
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