The Data Predator: Why Minister Parag’s Privacy Breach Is a Warning to Every Guyanese

Dear Editor, The hallowed halls of the National Assembly are meant for the articulation of policy, not the weaponisation of personal data. Yet, in a jarring display of administrative overreach, Minister Sonia Parag recently utilized her access to sensitive public service records to “shame” MP Dr. Gordon Barker, detailing his exact teaching tardiness down to […] The post The Data Predator: Why Minister Parag’s Privacy Breach Is a Warning to Every Guyanese appeared first on Kaieteur News.


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