The Selangor State Government has announced that it is ready to share data collected through the Selangkah application with the Central Database Hub (PADU). Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari asserted that data from the Selangkah app would be used for cross-checking and updating the information of Selangor residents in PADU.
According to Bernama, Amirudin shared that 3712616 records from 66216 subsidy recipients in the Selangkah app can be shared with PADU, though it is subject to the terms and conditions of use. In case you’re not familiar, the Selangkah app is owned by Selangkah Venture Sdn Bhd, a Selangor State Government subsidiary which was initially used for contact tracing at the offset of the pandemic but has since been repurposed for Selangor residents to register for subsidies and other welfare aid by the State Government.
The Selangor Menteri Besar added that the data that will be shared includes information about recipients of state government aid schemes. These include the Bantuan Kehidupan Sejahtera Selangor (Bingkas), Selangor Mental Sihat (Sehat), Insentif MamaKerja and the free health screening (Saring) initiative.
Amirudin further elaborated that the State Government believes that after this, there will be more data on aid recipients in Selangor that can be shared with PADU and will indirectly help the federal government in the formulation or implementation of national policies. The Selangor Menteri Besar was quoted as saying the above after witnessing the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Selangkah application and PADU at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Building today.
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