On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Amol Hatwar <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Jul 1, 2010, at 10:56 PM, Rony wrote: > > > On Thursday 01 July 2010 10:20 PM, gurteshwar singh wrote: > >> > >> In other news, > http://www.deccanherald.com/content/78508/uid-misuse-may-attract-severe.html > >> > > > > We try to keep our information private but when one is traveling abroad, > > the visa norms require one to submit income tax records etc. Some travel > > agents even want property and share records for submission although this > > can be flatly refused. The office boy collects all these papers for > > submission and this is the weakest link in the chain. > > Income Tax records are required just so that they are assured that you will > have the money to buy a return ticket (and of course to take care of > yourself > once you are there). In most cases showing them an authenticated bank > balance works as well. > > Some countries require it for first time travel, like Europe. If one is not strict, the travel agents ask for too many personal details. Anyway my point is that privacy gets diluted at very low levels compared to the Govt. The office boys of travel agents, mediclaim TPAs, and other institutions have so much assess to peoples' documents. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
