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BANGALORE: The Centaur Hotels' website, centaurhotels.com, appears to have compromised personal information of its hotel guests, in what seems to be a case of poor internet security protocols implemented by the site. This allowed website visitors on Saturday to obtain and view details of passports, driving licences, pan numbers, credit cards, and other forms of personal identification provided by its guests. Centaur Hotels, a unit of the Hotel Corporation of India (HCI), is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Aviation Company of India that runs national carrier Air India. It runs a hotel near the Delhi international airport and another in Srinagar.

The Department of Posts has extended the validity of its 'Proof of Address' (PoA) cards from one year to three years for applications received on or after January 1, 2011. The department began issuing PoA cards in May 2010 as authenticated proof of address attested by the Post Masters of the respective areas. So far, it has issued 15,421 cards across the State against 34,592 applications sold. Applications are available at all post offices on payment of Rs.10. The filled-in application form along with two passport size photographs will have to be submitted at the post-office covering the area. Fee of Rs.240 will be charged for issuing a fresh card, while the same for renewal will be Rs.140. Duplicate cards can be obtained on payment of Rs.90.