‘Happy that private firms will not have access to Aadhaar’
6 years, 3 months ago

‘Happy that private firms will not have access to Aadhaar’

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court verdict upholding the constitutional validity of Aadhaar was met with varied reactions from Delhiites. While some continued to raise questions about invasion of privacy, others were happy that certain riders had been introduced that banned private companies making Aadhaar compulsory for services like getting a SIM card, admission into educational institutions and bank accounts. Rethink Aadhaar, a non-partisan campaign working to highlight the shortcomings of Aadhaar, called the verdict a significant step as “even the four who upheld the judgment read down several sections of the Aadhaar Act and limited the unrestrained expansion of the Aadhaar project”. “The judgment restricts the sharing of Aadhaar data with other agencies in the name of ‘national security’ a term which is nowhere defined in the Constitution. I am for linking essential stuff like PAN to Aadhaar to detect tax evasion but honestly they were pushing it so much that all conspiracy theories began to seem realistic.” Tarun Rao Kallakuru, a law student, also felt that the part of the judgment that stood out was the point on private companies not being allowed access to Aadhaar data.

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India TV News  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Live Law  

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Supreme Court Of India Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID Card Linkage

Live Law  

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Hindustan Times  

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2 years, 7 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Hindustan Times  

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Firstpost  

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Live Law  

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3 years ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Live Law  

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Supreme Court to deliver judgment today on pleas seeking review of verdict upholding Aadhaar validity

Firstpost  

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Live Law  

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News 18  

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Unlock 1: TN Govt Asks Salons to Note Aadhaar Numbers of Customers

The Quint  

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The Hindu  

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5 years, 1 month ago

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Firstpost  

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5 years, 1 month ago

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Firstpost  

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5 years, 1 month ago

SC seeks govt’s response on use of Aadhaar as ID

Deccan Chronicle  

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5 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court seeks government reply to plea on Aadhaar data use by private firms

The Hindu  

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SC Issues Notice On Plea Against Amendment Allowing Use Of Aadhaar Data By Private Entities [Read Petition]
5 years, 1 month ago

SC Issues Notice On Plea Against Amendment Allowing Use Of Aadhaar Data By Private Entities [Read Petition]

Live Law  

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Supreme Court asks government whether it plans to link social media and Aadhaar
5 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court asks government whether it plans to link social media and Aadhaar

The Hindu  

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Aadhaar-social media account linkage: Facebook’s concern on privacy a ‘red herring’, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Supreme Court
5 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar-social media account linkage: Facebook’s concern on privacy a ‘red herring’, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday launched an offensive against social media giant Facebook, saying that concerns voiced by the company in the Supreme Court about citizen privacy fly in the face of its own “primary business model” to commercialise users’ data. The Tamil Nadu government, in a detailed 24-page reply drawn by Additional Advocate General Balaji Srinivasan and settled …

Link Aadhaar to Facebook? Apex court seeks response from government
5 years, 4 months ago

Link Aadhaar to Facebook? Apex court seeks response from government

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central government on a plea by Facebook and its unit WhatsApp to transfer to the top court all petitions related to linking Aadhaar to individual profiles pending before different high courts. The apex court also issued notice to Google, Twitter, YouTube and other social media companies seeking a response by 13 …

Aadhaar bill passed, Ordinance on its use not valid anymore: Centre tells High Court
5 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar bill passed, Ordinance on its use not valid anymore: Centre tells High Court

India TV News  

The Centre on Tuesday said the Ordinance on the issue of voluntary use of Aadhaar biometric ID in the private sector did not survive, as the Parliament had already passed the amendment bill. President Ram Nath Kovind had in March given his assent to the Aadhaar Ordinance that allowed voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for obtaining mobile SIM …

Aadhaar ordinance: SC asks Centre, UIDAI to respond to writ petition
5 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar ordinance: SC asks Centre, UIDAI to respond to writ petition

The Hindu  

A Supreme Court Bench led by Justice S.A. Bobde ordered the Centre and the Unique Identification Authority of India, the nodal Aadhaar authority, to respond to a writ petition challenging the new Aadhaar Ordinance and Regulations passed by the Lok Sabha, saying they will create a “surveillance State” and enable the database to be exploited by private players for commercial …

Penalty, jail term to private entities storing Aadhaar data
5 years, 6 months ago

Penalty, jail term to private entities storing Aadhaar data

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha cleared the Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill, 2019 by a voice vote on Thursday. The Bill replaces an Ordinance promulgated on March 2 and provides for a stiff ₹1 crore penalty and a jail term to private entities for storing Aadhaar data. Data protection Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, speaking about the …

Aadhaar Bill seeking its use as ID to open bank accounts passes in Lok Sabha
5 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar Bill seeking its use as ID to open bank accounts passes in Lok Sabha

India Today  

Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill, 2019. Amid Opposition raising several objections to the proposed amendments in the bill, the Lok Sabha cleared the bill that seeks to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar as an identity proof. The bill proposes to allow Aadhaar cardholders to use it as an identity proof to open bank accounts …

Aadhaar just an ID, says Nandan Nilekani
5 years, 8 months ago

Aadhaar just an ID, says Nandan Nilekani

Live Mint  

Infosys co-founder and former Unique Identification Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani on Monday said Aadhaar did not qualify as a tool for surveillance and privacy and it was just an ID. ".Especially privacy is used in the market sense where a business is not too much about you and, therefore, you can commercialise it," Nilekani said during an interactive …

No breach of Aadhaar servers in IT Grids’ case: UIDAI
5 years, 8 months ago

No breach of Aadhaar servers in IT Grids’ case: UIDAI

Live Mint  

The Unique Identification Authority of India said Wednesday there is no evidence of breach of its servers in the recent case where private firm IT Grids was accused of obtaining details of 7.82 crore Aadhaar holders in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. "Nowhere in the report, the SIT has found any evidence to show that the Aadhaar number, name, address, etc., …

IT Grids Aadhaar data leak: UIDAI’s implicit acknowledgement of a large-scale data breach will be very welcome to anti-Aadhaar activists
5 years, 9 months ago

IT Grids Aadhaar data leak: UIDAI’s implicit acknowledgement of a large-scale data breach will be very welcome to anti-Aadhaar activists

Firstpost  

The increased focus on social media and technology as an enabler for the current elections meant that it was only a matter of time before reports of misuse of data for political purposes arose. The current report of finding 7.8 crore Aadhaar data records with IT Grids Pvt Ltd, which were for use in the Seva Mitra app, however, are …

Jamaica SC Follows Aadhaar Dissent to Strike Down Its ID System
5 years, 9 months ago

Jamaica SC Follows Aadhaar Dissent to Strike Down Its ID System

The Quint  

Notwithstanding the far reaching decision of the majority, I am inclined towards the view of Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud J in his dissenting judgment. That learned Judge recognised that technology has caused our institutions of governance to face new challenges. I respectfully wish to adopt as my own, the learned Judge summarised the overall constitutional failings of the Aadhaar scheme …

Challenge Against Aadhaar Ordinance: Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Response
5 years, 9 months ago

Challenge Against Aadhaar Ordinance: Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Response

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the Centre on a plea which has challenged the constitutional validity of the recent Aadhaar Ordinance on the grounds that it was brought to "overturn" the Supreme Court decision regarding the use of Aadhaar by the private sector. A five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court had in September last year …

President's nod to ordinance for voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for bank account, SIM
5 years, 10 months ago

President's nod to ordinance for voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for bank account, SIM

India TV News  

President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to an ordinance that allows voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for obtaining mobile SIM cards and opening bank accounts. The ordinance gives effect to the changes in the Aadhaar Act such as giving a child an option to exit from the biometric ID programme on attaining 18 years of age. …

Was the Govt Right to Use Ordinance Route for Aadhaar Amendments?
5 years, 10 months ago

Was the Govt Right to Use Ordinance Route for Aadhaar Amendments?

The Quint  

Most courts are unlikely to ever say that something done by the President of India on the advice of the Union Cabinet was an abuse of power. From the absence of a law governing its use when it was introduced by the UPA government, to the way in which the Aadhaar Act 2016 was railroaded through Parliament by designating it …

The Aadhaar ordinance raises serious constitutional concerns
5 years, 10 months ago

The Aadhaar ordinance raises serious constitutional concerns

Hindustan Times  

Late on Thursday night, the Union Cabinet approved the promulgation of the Aadhaar and other Laws Ordinance, 2019. This ordinance, as the name suggests, amends the Aadhaar Act, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s September 2018 judgment that held parts of it to be unconstitutional. The Aadhaar amendments are also worrying because they attempt to directly overturn the Supreme …

Cabinet clears voluntary use of Aadhaar as identity proof
5 years, 10 months ago

Cabinet clears voluntary use of Aadhaar as identity proof

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday approved the promulgation of an Ordinance to allow voluntary submission of Aadhaar as identity proof for use by private entities such as banks, telcos and fintech firms. The amendment also provides for civil penalties for violations of Aadhaar Act and provisions by entities in the Aadhaar ecosystem. “Subsequent to …

Internet data firms stirring up Aadhaar privacy debate, suspects TRAI chief
5 years, 10 months ago

Internet data firms stirring up Aadhaar privacy debate, suspects TRAI chief

India TV News  

Internet companies that have built their businesses using public data are likely to have created privacy threat debate around the country's unique digital ID Aadhaar, Trai Chairman RS Sharma said on Monday. "My suspicion, I will have to prove that, but based on circumstantial evidence, we think that many of data companies are behind Aadhaar issue. "Because of fundamentally different …

A renewed attack on privacy: on Aadhaar Bill
6 years ago

A renewed attack on privacy: on Aadhaar Bill

The Hindu  

On Friday, the Lok Sabha, without any attendant discussion, passed the Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill, 2018. Originally, Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act allowed both the state and private entities to use the programme to establish an individual’s identity pursuant to a law or a contract. This part of the section, thus, is declared unconstitutional.” Although this leaves little …

Opinion | The Aadhaar amendment and private sector access
6 years ago

Opinion | The Aadhaar amendment and private sector access

Live Mint  

In the most recent twist in the Aadhaar saga, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar Amendment Bill last week. The bill is clearly the government’s attempt to facilitate the continued use of the Aadhaar infrastructure within the constraints laid down by the Supreme Court. The most strident criticisms of the amendment bill have, however, been reserved for the manner in …

Wouldn’t Aadhaar-Driving Licence Linking be Illegal, Mr Prasad?
6 years ago

Wouldn’t Aadhaar-Driving Licence Linking be Illegal, Mr Prasad?

The Quint  

Didn’t you see what the Supreme Court said about bank accounts and mobile numbers? About how making Aadhaar mandatory for them was wrong since it presumed everyone was doing something wrong, that there was no necessity to do this. The court also held that even if the government has a legitimate purpose in mind, there needs to be a balancing …

Aadhaar a game changer, helped govt save ₹90,000 cr till Mar 2018: Arun Jaitley
6 years ago

Aadhaar a game changer, helped govt save ₹90,000 cr till Mar 2018: Arun Jaitley

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday termed Aadhaar a “game changer”, claiming its use helped the government save around ₹ 90,000 crore until March 2018 by eliminating duplicate, non-existent and fake beneficiaries. On Friday, the Lok Sabha passed a bill to amend three laws to enable voluntary linkage of Aadhaar with mobile phone numbers and bank accounts. …

Calcutta HC Questions Non Verification Of Declarations Made During Aadhaar Enrollment [Read Judgment]
6 years ago

Calcutta HC Questions Non Verification Of Declarations Made During Aadhaar Enrollment [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has observed that is arbitrary to allow one sort of information establishing the identity of an individual to pass without verification during the Aadhaar enrollment process.A landlord had approached the high court alleging that an employee of his deceased tenant took advantage of the death of the tenant and alleged falsely that he was the son …

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