KUALA LUMPUR: The MyDigital ID does not store users' personal data, Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo told the Dewan Rakyat.
He said this is to prevent data and user identity theft.
"Furthermore, every user movement in MyDigital ID is a one-way hash, using the SHA3-256 algorithm, which cannot be read at all.
"It (SHA3-256 algorithm) has been recognised, acknowledged and included in the national trusted cryptographic algorithm list or MySEAL," he said in response to a question from Young Syefura Othman (PH-Bentong) on security guarantees for MyDigital ID.
Meanwhile, in reply to an earlier question from Young Syefura, Gobind said as of July 10, a total of 465,924 people including civil servants have registered for MyDigital ID.
"MyDigital ID is one of the government's initiatives to facilitate, streamline, and enhance online transactions, especially involving government applications, while ensuring the security and confidentiality of individuals' personal data.
"For now, MyDigital ID is not mandatory for Malaysians. Instead, it is an option that will be integrated with various government and private applications."
He said to encourage registration among civil servants, MyDigital ID registration kiosks have been set up at 199 branches of the National Registration Department and five branches of the National Information Dissemination Centre nationwide.
"In addition, Mimos Bhd will progressively expand the implementation of MyDigital ID to various demographics of the Malaysian population, both urban and rural areas."
He said several government applications have been integrated under MyDigital ID.
"Among them include developing use cases with mobile applications such as Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS), the MySejahtera application, and MyJPJ.
"Meanwhile, the integration of MyDigital ID with the Central Database Hub (Padu) is ongoing and expected to be completed by next month."