Privacy Concerns Over ERP 2.0 System's New On-board Unit

Parliament of Singapore · 6 November 2023

Official Report, 6 November 2023, Vol 95, Issue 115 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

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Ms Hany Soh asked the Minister for Transport in view of LTA’s announcement on the ERP 2.0 system on 23 October 2023, how will the Ministry assuage any privacy concerns since the new on-board units that are installed in vehicles will be based on the Global Navigation Satellite System that reveals the real-time location details of drivers.

Mr Chee Hong Tat (for the Minister for Transport): There are strict safeguards in place to govern the collection, usage and storage of data. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will only use anonymised or aggregated data for traffic management and transport planning purposes. As for vehicle-specific data, LTA will only use it for payments, charges and enforcement, such as against non-payment of Electronic Road Pricing charges.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 6 November 2023. Republished on SGParliament.