Re: [datameet] Voters List and Privacy Issues

2014-10-08 Thread Snehashish Ghosh
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

Re: [datameet] Voters List and Privacy Issues

2014-10-08 Thread 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

Re: [datameet] Voters List and Privacy Issues

2014-10-08 Thread Shafeeq Rahman
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

[datameet] Voters List and Privacy Issues

2014-10-07 Thread Emkay
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