Re: 2015 SCJ 177

From: Chamburn Radha <chamburn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 21:22:35 +0400

Hello,

Does anybody has the right to take fingerprints and keep them?

Thanks

On 3 June 2015 at 17:30, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:

> Hi Ish,
> At 03:33 03-06-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
>
>> That is one of the elements I've argued in the past. If the biometric
>> ID card is depicted as safe and necessary for e-Government, how does
>> one effect online transactions without validating the ownership of the
>> card?
>>
>
> According to a presentation by Mr R. Hawabhay, Acting Director, Central
> Informatics Bureau, there will be "use of the Card Validation service and
> fingerprint readers by businesses to validate the identity of citizens".
>
> I was reading a speech[1] dated 29 March 2012 that mentions the MNIC,
>> e-health, e-education, e-judiciary, Crime Occurrence Tracking System
>> (COTS). Is privacy a minor issue when biometric data is collected at a
>> time when the mentioned projects are tossed?
>>
>
> From what I read in the local press the project was about a "platform for
> e-government". There was very little information in those press articles
> about what that is about. In my opinion, privacy is not a minor issue. I
> guess that some of the biometric data was included as part of the
> validation service. The problem is that there isn't any information about
> how that validation service is supposed to work. If you want services
> related to the ones mentioned above you would have to consider the security
> and privacy aspects or else you can forget about using technology.
>
> In that same speech, I came to know that there is a website for local
>> authorities[2]. Its disclaimer page is missing. I could not login
>> using the account I have on govmu.org. Hmm, let me guess, the website
>> dates back to 2012, so it explains. I see the website runs on Oracle
>> Application Server, which is different from the Government Portal. I
>> do not know how much this particular website could have cost.
>>
>
> I did not know about that web site. The project value was more than "Rs
> 100 m". There isn't any privacy policy on la.govmu.org
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 03 2015 - 17:22:35 PST