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
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
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
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