Aadhar Fact :
Privacy Fiction ?
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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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A few months ago, after Supreme Court held that “ Privacy is a fundamental right “,
Delhi Metropolitan Magistrate ordered a probe against online jobs portal Monster.com for
allegedly selling data on website users to a third party.
Before start of the current hearing
on 17th , I wish the Supreme Court had read my following email :
A Fool’s
Paradise ? [ 29 Aug
2017 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/08/a-fools-paradise.html
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My Take :
Aadhar
is Inescapable
Modifications
/ Improvements must continue
Privacy
is an Illusion
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Why do I say
that ?
2024
! – V 2.0 of Orwellian 1984 ? [ 07
July 2017 ]
Data
Protection without Data Privacy ? [ 08 Jan 2018 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2018/01/data-protection-without-data-
privacy.html
20 Jan 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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