As the matter of Aadhaar privacy is still going on in the Supreme Court, a security researcher Kodali Srinivas has exposed how a State government website was leaking the Aadhaar data, bank accounts complete with IFSC code, caste and religion besides geo-location of 1.34 lakh beneficiaries of housing schemes.
This happened just days after Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated The Andhra Pradesh Cyber Security Operations Centre (APCSOC), touted to be the first-of-its-kind in the country.
Srinivas, who had once exposed the way the government websites were leaking Aadhaar data of NREGS workers, said he had found that the State Housing Corporation's website had personal details of the beneficiaries on a document titled Beneficiary Details belonging to Entry Report for Scheme Hudhud and the Urban Housing Scheme.
He said: “This is not the first time. They had done this earlier too. The Andhra Pradesh government is collecting details of each and every citizen in the name of transparency and e-governance. But all these details are not necessary if the purpose is just transparency.”
Srinivas, who had once exposed the way the government websites were leaking Aadhaar data of NREGS workers, said he had found that the State Housing Corporation's website had personal details of the beneficiaries on a document titled Beneficiary Details belonging to Entry Report for Scheme Hudhud and the Urban Housing Scheme.
He said: “This is not the first time. They had done this earlier too. The Andhra Pradesh government is collecting details of each and every citizen in the name of transparency and e-governance. But all these details are not necessary if the purpose is just transparency.”
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