F. No. 1/1/2013-IR (pt)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
IR (Division)
North Block, New Delhi
Dated 20th June, 2017
Office Memorandum
Subject:- Securing the Personal information including Aadhar No., in
RTI Applications/Appeals in compliance to Aadhar Act, 2016 and
Information Technical Act, 2000.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this departments OM of even no.
dated 21.10.2014, 23.03.2016 and 07.10.2016 vide which it has been
requested that personal information of an RTI applicant should not be
disclosed, while uploading the application/ appeal etc. on the public
domain/ websites.
2. In this context, it is to be stated that Ministry of Electronics And
Information Technology (Meity) have circulated guidelines for securing
Identity information and Sensitive personal data or information in
compliance to Aadhar Act, 2016 and Information Technology Act, 2000,
wherein they have instructed that personal particular and information
including Aadhar No. etc. should not be published in public
domain/websites etc.
2. In view of the above, it is requested that all Ministries/Departments
of Govt. of India including the subordinate offices may ensure the
following while handling RTI applications viz. receiving, replying and
uploading on websites etc.:-
(a) the personal information details like Aadhar no. should not be asked for while handling RTI applications.
(b) that the Aadhar no. or such other personal information is hidden
from public view while uploading the RTI applications/ Appeals/ Replies
to the RTI applications on websites, if Aadhar no. is mentioned therein.
(Preeti Khanna)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Source: www.dopt.gov.in PDF
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