QUOTE: Tan Kok Yam, the smart nation and privacy

Friday, November 13, 2015

On when big data and analytics starts to encroach on personal privacy:

If I needed a new razor in the morning, and someone rang my doorbell to deliver me a new one, I would be reduced to being not human anymore!

– Tan Kok Yam, Head of Smart Nation Programme Office, Singapore’s Prime Minister’s Department

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Cat Yong

Cat Yong is Editor-in-Chief of Enterprise IT News, a regional news website which began in Malaysia circa 2011. A common theme in all of her work - opinions, analysis, features and more - is how technology and innovation drives business and outcomes. A career tech journalist for 22 years, her work has evolved to also encompass narratives of tech powering human potential.

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