NCTC is a one stop set-up to monitor almost any activity of yours, whether through your passport or to check on immigration details.
Documents that can be sought to seek details:
Passport
Bank accounts
Taxes, PAN card
Ration card
Voter I-card
Airline, Railway travel
Telephone documents
Who will access your details:
New agency to be set up (National Intelligence Grid)
Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research And Analysis Wing (RAW), Central Burau of Investigation (CBI), Defence Research Institute (DRI), National Investigative Agency (NIA), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Economic Offences Wing (EOW)
Are we marching towards a police state in the name of security?
What struck me most was the matter of fact reporting without any real critique of the proposed system. Of course, there was the perfunctory mention regarding privacy, but nothing more.
Juxtapose this with the reality that is Indian Bureaucracy/Police Service - Corruption, Heavy-handed treatment of people, no real care for Citizen's rights, abuse of power.
It might make sense on paper to have as much data available to the security/investigative forces, given our corrupt and morally bankrupt system, this is a recipe for disaster.
1 comments:
And this does have a similar precedent in the Bush's recent wire tapping controversy. However, the government cannot blatantly misuse personal information although it can get stolen due to lax security. Wanton misuse of information is sure to cause uproar among the public and hence, such leaks will be fixed in a matter of time. So, I don't exactly see how this would be a recipe for 'disaster'. Perhaps someone can enlighten me in this regard.
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