A new analysis underscores Indian people’ data breach fears ahead of Parliament’s planned August 3 tabling of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) law. The online community platform LocalCircles found that most Indians believe government institutions, telecom corporations, and banks had compromised their personal data.
The survey collected 23,000 answers from 309 Indian districts. 67% were men, 33% women. The poll assessed public access to personal data and data breaches.
Only 9% of respondents said no personal information was disclosed or exposed. However, 72% felt their personal information was leaked or public, while 19% were unsure and did not respond.
72% of respondents who suspected their personal data was exposed included their mobile numbers, 63% email addresses, 53% Aadhaar numbers, and 50% PAN card numbers. 25% specified Voter ID numbers, 22% credit/debit card information, 9% yearly income/salary, and 19% other details.
Most respondents blamed government agencies, telecom providers, and banks for data leaks. 81% blamed state/local government offices and databases, including RTO, municipal, hospital, public distribution system, and property registration workers.
Nearly 75% blamed telecom service providers, 69% banks and financial service providers, and 56% central government agencies, databases, and employees, including EPF, Passport, CoWIN, Aarogya Setu, Aadhaar, Income Tax, Vehicle Ownership, Voter ID, and others.
Conclusion:-
According to LocalCircles, most Indians think government agencies, telecom firms, and banks have stolen their data. 23,000 people responded to the 309-district survey. Most respondents thought their personal information was disclosed or exposed. Only 9% said no personal information was disclosed or exposed. 72% of respondents thought their personal data was leaked, while 19% were unsure and did not reply. Most respondents blamed state/local government offices, telecom service providers, banks, central government offices, databases, and workers for data leaks.
