Website Found Selling Data of 250,000 MBBS Applicants For Rs. 1 Lakh
Tushar Mehta reports:
A new case of breach of data privacy in India has surfaced in which the data of the applicants of a medical entrance exam is being sold blatantly online. Business Standard reports that a website (Nari Technologies) which offers career counseling has hoarded data of more than 250,000 appearing in National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) and this data is put up for sale for a price of Rs. 1,00,000.
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2 comments to “Website Found Selling Data of 250,000 MBBS Applicants For Rs. 1 Lakh”
Catalin Cimpanu - July 22, 2018
The website discussed in the article has been around for at least three years. It’s not “a new case of breach of data privacy” as the Beebom journalist claims. He should learn to use a reporter’s bestest and awesomest weapon of all time —Google searches.
Dissent - July 22, 2018
Pretty much every Indian news site I had found was making the same claim of a “new incident,” and they were all basing it on the report by the Business Standard at https://www.business-standard.com/article/education/data-of-250-000-neet-students-being-sold-online-118071800828_1.html. That story treats it as a new incident, but does not claim that the site selling the data is a new site.