[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
While government aims to assign unique numbers to a billion plus population for providing a portable identity and eliminating of ghosts from databases, it has spurred a public debate on the potential misuse of UID leading to infringement of individual privacy and liberty and data security
Thomas B Riley has been involved in government policies including freedom of information and privacy for the past 38 years in many countries around the world.
[This article was published in the July 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
One cannot discuss the concept and creation of an Information Society without people and so any discussion involving people should incorporate their basic human rights.
