My Indian university does this and I'm powerless. Emailing then or convincing them didn't help. Atleast Europeans care about privacy. Everyone looked at me like I was retarded when I tried to explain the issue to them.
Europe is afforded the luxury to spend energy on issues like this that are well higher on Maslow’s hierarchy.
However, due to prevailing issues between religions and castes in India, perhaps some would be interested in a blanket “right-to-privacy” in order to better hide their affiliations. This doesn’t seem to be the direction they’re heading but it’s a small fulcrum for change perhaps.