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Notification to individual: If the Authority chooses to revoke or impound a passport the reasons must be recorded in writing, and a copy of the demand must be furnished to the passport holder, unless the authority finds it to be not in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of India, friendly relations with any foreign country or in the interests of the general publ. [...] The following aspects of the Bills pertain to the privacy: Collection: The schedule of the Bill lists the offenses and situations for which the collection of DNA is permitted.120 Privacy Principles: The DNA Profiling Board is enabled to recommend privacy protection statutes, regulations, and practices concerning: use and dissemination, accuracy, security, and confidentiality, and destruction o. [...] The FAA upheld the PIO‘s ruling; denying disclosure of the information under Section 8 (1) (j) of the RTI Act on the basis that ―disclosure of personal information of a third party might cause invasion of the privacy of the third party‖. [...] On the basis of the facts of the case and studying the exemption provided by law under Section 8 (1) (j) of the Act, the CIC observed and held that the ―term ―personal‖ to be an attribute which applies to an individual and not to an Institution or a Corporate. [...] It was to be based on the voter list of the Election Commission of India and also linked to major database holders like the MoRD, PDS, ECI, and RGI.156 Eventually, the Government decided to abandon the issuing of the MNIC card, but still continued with the creation of the NPR database and merge it with the UID database.