Singapore will resume providing basic information on individuals registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) on its Bizfile portal starting December 23rd. However, users will need to pay $33 to access full NRIC numbers. This change follows public outcry over Acra's previous decision to make NRIC numbers freely searchable, which was subsequently reversed. Acra maintains that the People Search function, while restored, is necessary for business needs and that charging for full NRIC access balances corporate transparency with privacy concerns.
From the week of Dec 23, people will once again be able to find basic information on individuals registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority .
Ms Indranee said the People Search function will be restored as it is required to support business needs.Bedok resident behind 185 companies; nine are linked to billion-dollar money laundering bust “This change will make it less convenient for some users of Bizfile because they may not be able to so readily identify the specific individual they are looking for from the search function,” Ms Indranee said.
Companies negotiating contracts with one another also need to perform checks on directors before committing to deals. The authorities are studying how to make it easier for people to find Bizfile information they are looking for, it added. On Dec 19, the authorities said the newly-launched Bizfile feature was caused by a miscommunication between Acra and MDDI.
NRICs have always been meant as a unique identifier and cannot be a secret, just as people’s names are not a secret, said Mrs Teo.
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