National Cancer Centre apologises after email addresses of over 460 recipients mistakenly exposed

The Personal Data Protection Commission said it is investigating the incident.

A view of the National Cancer Centre Singapore building. (File photo: Facebook/National Cancer Centre Singapore)

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SINGAPORE: The National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) apologised on Saturday (Sep 19) after an email invitation was "mistakenly sent out" to 467 email addresses with recipients' addresses visible to one another.

The email, sent on Friday evening, was an invitation to the centre's Living with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) event, which was open to people with the syndrome and their loved ones.

NCCS attributed the incident to an administrative error.

"Apart from email addresses, no NRIC numbers, phone numbers or other personal data were revealed," said NCCS chief operating officer and data protection officer Chong Pang Boon.

CNA Games Guess Word Crack the word, one row at a time Buzzword Create words using the given letters Mini Sudoku Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser Mini Crossword Small grid, big challenge Word Search Spot as many words as you can Show More Show Less "We apologise for any anxiety this may have caused, and we are deeply sorry for the error. We have notified recipients of the email to provide support and address any concerns they may have. He added that NCCS takes personal data protection seriously and has reported this incident to the Ministry of Health and the Personal Data Protection Commission. "We are investigating and thoroughly reviewing our internal processes to ensure this does not happen again," he said. Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome, which can affect both men and women, is an inherited condition that raises a person's risk of developing certain cancers. In response to CNA's query, the Personal Data Protection Commission said it is investigating the incident.

"We apologise for any anxiety this may have caused, and we are deeply sorry for the error. We have notified recipients of the email to provide support and address any concerns they may have.

He added that NCCS takes personal data protection seriously and has reported this incident to the Ministry of Health and the Personal Data Protection Commission.

"We are investigating and thoroughly reviewing our internal processes to ensure this does not happen again," he said.

Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome, which can affect both men and women, is an inherited condition that raises a person's risk of developing certain cancers.

In response to CNA's query, the Personal Data Protection Commission said it is investigating the incident.

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个人数据保护委员会表示正在调查此事。

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新加坡：新加坡国家癌症中心（NCCS）于周六（9月19日）就一封电子邮件邀请函“错误地”发送给467个电子邮件地址一事道歉，收件人的电子邮件地址彼此可见。

这封于周五晚上发出的电子邮件邀请人们参加该中心举办的“与遗传性乳腺癌和卵巢癌 (HBOC) 共存”活动，该活动面向患有这种综合征的人及其亲人开放。

NCCS将该事件归咎于行政失误。

“除了电子邮件地址外，没有泄露身份证号码、电话号码或其他个人数据，”国家计算机系统首席运营官兼数据保护官张邦文表示。

CNA游戏 猜词游戏 逐行破解单词 流行词游戏 用给定的字母组成单词 迷你数独 小谜题，脑力挑战 迷你填字游戏 小方格，大挑战 单词搜索 尽可能多地找出单词 显示更多 显示更少 “对于由此可能造成的任何焦虑，我们深表歉意，并对此次错误深感抱歉。我们已通知邮件收件人，提供支持并解决他们可能存在的任何疑虑。” 他补充说，国家癌症研究中心非常重视个人数据保护，并已将此事报告给卫生部和个人数据保护委员会。“我们正在调查并彻底审查我们的内部流程，以确保此类事件不再发生，”他说。遗传性乳腺癌和卵巢癌综合征是一种遗传性疾病，可影响男性和女性，会增加患某些癌症的风险。针对CNA的询问，个人数据保护委员会表示正在调查此事。

“对于由此可能造成的任何焦虑，我们深表歉意，并对这一错误深感抱歉。我们已通知邮件收件人，以便提供支持并解决他们可能存在的任何疑虑。”

他还补充说，NCCS 非常重视个人数据保护，并已将此事报告给卫生部和个人数据保护委员会。

他说：“我们正在调查并彻底审查我们的内部流程，以确保此类事件不再发生。”

遗传性乳腺癌和卵巢癌综合征是一种遗传性疾病，可影响男性和女性，会增加患某些癌症的风险。

针对亚洲新闻台的询问，个人资料保护委员会表示正在调查此事。

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