Provide full-proof security to database

Right to privacy must not be breached. As Addhar database details contain the records of private information of the people, it must be kept safe and secure. There must be a full proof security of Addhar database details. Government or any organization has no right to know about the private information records of the individuals. The media report that one can have access to the data base of a billion Addhar details for just Rs. 500 may not be authentic, but the Government of the day at the Centre is required to show it publicly that the private details of people recorded by UIDAI are safe, secure and intact. It will exude confidence among them. How a person could get access to the database of a private individual for just paying Rs. 500 and he got its print-out for another Rs. 300 is a matter of investigation. The news had also appeared in the recent past about the leakage of private information by managing to get access to Addhar database, but the Govt. had refuted it very strongly. There must be a thorough probe into the leak of the private information. If the Govt. did not pay immediate attention and plug the loopholes if ever exist anywhere in the database of the Addhar, there is every possibility that it would be abused. Authority of India (UIDAI) has denied the media reports which said that one could have access to a billion Aadhaar details for just Rs. 500. UIDAI has called it a case of misreporting and assured that there has not been any data breach. The Authority has said that the reported case appears to be an instance of misuse of the grievance redressal search facility and assured that it maintains complete log and traceability of the facility and any misuse can be traced and appropriate action is taken. It has reiterated that the grievance redressal search facility gives only limited access to the name and other details and has no access to biometric details. It also stressed that mere availability of Aadhaar number will not lead to financial fraud as for a successful authentication fingerprint or iris of an individual is also required. A day after the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) denied that there was any breach of the Aadhaar database, American whistleblower Edward Snowden has hinted that Aadhaar is open for abuse. Though UIDAI has put forward several facts in support of its claim that there has not been Addhar data breach and it has also said that merely getting information about a private individual cannot lead to financial fraud, a suspicion among the people about the safety of their private information has arisen. It is required on the part of the govt. to display publicly how safe is the Addhar data base. An impression has to be made by the government among the people that it has provided proof security to the Addhar database, which contains the record of private information of the people.