20 October

UNION of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) and USICT Council jointly organized “Gmail and  Google  Account  Security  Seminar”  at  UMFCCI  Mingala  Hall  on  the  morning  of  18  October.  Myanmar  was  reported  to  have  designated  the  month  of  October  as  Myanmar  Cyber  Security Month.

UMFCCI  Vice  President  U  Thaung  Tin  said,  “USICT  Council was formed by American IT  companies  and  had  signed  a  MoU  with  UMFCCI  to  help  in  the  usage  of  IT  in  economic  sector.  Today’s  event  was  part  of the MoU.”

The event was held to inform about  security  in  using  Google  products  such  as  Gmail,  Google  Search,  Google  Map,  Google  Translate and Youtube that were widely used in Myanmar.At the event Google Public Head  of  Thailand  Mr.  Jirawat  Poomsrikaew  explained  about  creating Google Account, maintaining  personal  data,  security  system  and  Cyber  Security  fol-lowed by a question and answer session.The  event  was  attended  by  UMFCCI  Vice  President  U  Thaung Tin, officials from Google  and  USICT  Council  for  Myanmar  and  interested  persons.

UMFCCI(Translated by Zaw Min)