It is not only voter list, several government schemes also have the household level information like MANREGA, PDS distribution etc..
I think transparency is more important than privacy. Regards, Shafeeq On Thursday, 9 October 2014 10:04:05 UTC+5:30, Emkay wrote: > > Thanks, Snehashish, > > A responsible officer of ECI told me that the rolls are published in the > open so that people can detect fraudulent entries in their neighbourhood > and lodge a complaint so that bogus registrations can be removed. That > stands to reason. But the threat to security is also considerable. > > What, do you feel, is the way to tackle this? > > Best wishes, > Milind Khadilkar > On Thursday, October 9, 2014 6:58:53 AM UTC+5:30, snegho wrote: >> >> 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 <mygo...@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 >>> >>> -- >>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >>> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "datameet" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to datameet+u...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
