Hi Milind,

In the past, I have written about this issue.
See,
http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/electoral-databases-2013-privacy-and-security-concerns

Also see, Ocean Project http://precog.iiitd.edu.in/research/ocean/


Best,
Snehashish



On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Emkay <mygov...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> The voters list contains household data that provides name, gender, age
> and relationship information for all members of the household, as well as
> the address.
> This data is available without logging in and without agreeing to
> limitations on use.
> Isn't this against Privacy Rules 2011/ IT Act 2008, at least in principle?
>
> I have come across companies using this data for targeted marketing. It
> could be put to even worse use.
>
> Any insights?
> Thanks.
>
> Milind Khadilkar
>
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