Don't upload sensitive personal information on sites: Govt to HoDs

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has asked all heads of departments not to upload documents containing "sensitive" personal information like Aadhaar and mobile numbers on the websites of their respective departments. In a communication, the Delhi government's IT department has asked principal secretaries and secretaries to review the contents already uploaded on their websites and remove sensitive information immediately if any, following it received several "warnings" from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The move came after it was observed that some departments are uploading documents containing "sensitive" personal information.

In the communication to principal secretaries and secretaries, Special Secretary (Information Technology) Ajay Chagti also sought confirmation letter by the departments that their website does not contain any "sensitive" information. "It has been observed that some departments are uploading documents containing sensitive personal information like Aadhaar numbers, mobile numbers etc on their websites. "IT department has been frequently receiving warnings/communication from CERT-In regarding Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Domain 'http://delhi.gov.in' and 'ndelhi.gov.in'," Chagti said.