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)

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.