Emails (Others): AADHAR vs PRIVACY

Saturday, 20 January 2018

AADHAR vs PRIVACY

Aadhar Fact : Privacy Fiction ?

For last two days , Supreme Court is hearing arguments from the petitioners who are opposing Aadhar

For details of arguments advanced by advocate Shyam Divan ( for the petitioners ) and the observations made by the Supreme Court , read :

Aadhar : Supremely Satisfying ?

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2018/01/aadhar-supremely-satisfying.html

My Observations :

For over 60 years, Indians have submitted far more personal data , mostly to dozens of government agencies, to obtain goods or services . All of this was in long paper forms . No one objected !

Just a few examples are : banking / insurance / gas connection / credit card / income tax / police / driving licence / ration / kerosene / healthcare / school-college admissions / property tax / PF / Passport etc .

Now the petitioners are objecting to the following information captured by Aadhar form :

Name / Gender / Birth date / Address / Mobile No / Email / Biometric /

Photo

On the other hand, we have been ( voluntarily ) furnishing , a lot of personal information to private parties for decades , even knowing that these parties are either “ selling “ or “ commercially exploiting “ , that information !

Just one example is the following type of personal data which jobseekers make available to Job Portals and URGE them to share it freely with the World ( including blasting of their resumes to unknown employers / recruitment agencies – the governing principle being : Tell World About Me [ TWAM ]

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First Name / Middle Name / Last Name / Address / Current Location /

Photo ( sometimes , optional ) / Mobile Number / Email ID / Birth Date /

Gender / Educational Details ; Degrees - Diplomas - Colleges - Years

attended - Marks obtained / Current Employer - Designation - Salary /

Jobs held in past – names of Companies – Periods worked – Salaries drawn –

Designations held – Reasons for leaving / Position applying for or interested in

/ Preferred location / Salary expected / Current Industry – Function – Job

Role / Skills acquired / Languages spoken – written / Area of specialization

/ Marital Status / Names of References for checking background / Name of

Spouse / Number of Children ( with their ages ) etc

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