I continue to believe Aadhaar disclosure does not raise digital risks: TRAI Chief RS Sharma
6 years, 3 months ago

I continue to believe Aadhaar disclosure does not raise digital risks: TRAI Chief RS Sharma

India TV News  

Trai Chief RS Sharma -- who had created a stir by making public his Aadhaar number and challenging others to show how it can be misused -- says he continues to believe that the disclosure of 12-digit identifier does not raise anyone's digital vulnerability. In an interview to PTI, Sharma also said the recent Supreme Court judgement on Aadhaar has firmly settled the debate around issues such as privacy. In the interview to PTI, Sharma said the latest Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar has put to rest questions and debates relating to privacy. So, now its critics should understand that the highest court of the land has determined after a thorough deliberation.that Aadhaar as a platform, does not violate privacy," Sharma said.

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Identity pangs: The Hindu Editorial on Aadhaar and concerns
1 year, 3 months ago

Identity pangs: The Hindu Editorial on Aadhaar and concerns

The Hindu  

In an innocuously titled report on “Decentralized Finance and Digital Assets” released last Saturday, global rating major Moody’s Investors Service has flagged some uncomfortable home truths about India’s ambitious digital identification programme for residents, Aadhaar. But at a broader level, the agency has red-flagged security and privacy risks from “centralised” digital ID systems such as Aadhaar, where a single entity …

Centre slams Moody's over 'sweeping assertions' against Aadhar
1 year, 3 months ago

Centre slams Moody's over 'sweeping assertions' against Aadhar

Op India  

Taking strong exception to Moody’s Investors Service’s views, which questioned Aadhaar workability, the Central government on Monday said that the report is prepared “without citing any evidence or basis” and that it is baseless. Ministry of Electronics & IT in a press release said that the Aadhaar is the foundational Digital Public Infrastructure of the India stack and that over …

Government rebuffs Moody’s Aadhaar views; says a billion Indians trust it
1 year, 3 months ago

Government rebuffs Moody’s Aadhaar views; says a billion Indians trust it

The Hindu  

The Electronics and IT Ministry late on September 25 took on a report from Moody’s Investors Service that raised questions about the efficacy of Aadhaar and asserted that there have been no breaches reported from the unique ID system’s database till date to dismiss concerns about security and privacy in a centralised system. In a note titled “Aadhaar, the most …

Govt rejects Moody's claim on Aadhaar's reliability in 'hot, humid' India
1 year, 3 months ago

Govt rejects Moody's claim on Aadhaar's reliability in 'hot, humid' India

India TV News  

Ministry of Electronics & IT in a press release on Monday refuted Moody’s Investors Service’s views questioning Aadhaar workability, calling them 'baseless' and without citing any evidence or basis. What was Moody’s Investors Service’s views" "However, the report incorrectly cites the number of Aadhaars issued as 1.2 billion, although the website prominently gives the updated numbers. The report avers that …

Indians raise concerns over data compromises by govt and telcos: Report
1 year, 5 months ago

Indians raise concerns over data compromises by govt and telcos: Report

India TV News  

Ahead of the expected tabling of the Digital Personal Data Protection bill in Parliament on August 3, a new report highlights the concerns of Indian citizens regarding data breaches. Among those who believed their personal data had been leaked, 72% mentioned their mobile numbers, 63% cited email addresses, 53% referred to Aadhaar numbers, and 50% indicated PAN card numbers. Regarding …

India’s shield of privacy should reflect Article 21
1 year, 6 months ago

India’s shield of privacy should reflect Article 21

Live Mint  

The monsoon session of Indian Parliament will likely take up a bill framed in response to the Supreme Court ruling of 24 August 2017 that said privacy is a fundamental right. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, a draft of which was published last year to replace an unwieldy earlier proposal, got Cabinet approval this week as part of the …

Expanding Aadhaar to private entities is risky
1 year, 7 months ago

Expanding Aadhaar to private entities is risky

Hindustan Times  

In a landmark 4-1 verdict in 2018, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, but struck down section 57, which allowed the use of Aadhaar authentication and E-KYC by private companies to establish an identity for delivering services. Explaining its ruling, the top court said that the section struck at the heart of an individual’s privacy, …

Secure Aadhaar data from misuse
1 year, 8 months ago

Secure Aadhaar data from misuse

Hindustan Times  

Last week, the government proposed to tweak rules regarding Aadhaar to allow entities other than the government for identity verification, a report in this newspaper noted. However, in 2019, the government tweaked the Aadhaar Act to allow some private companies — telecom providers and financial institutions — to seek Aadhaar voluntarily. The scale, and the associated problems of privacy and …

India’s digital public infrastructure, catching the next wave
1 year, 9 months ago

India’s digital public infrastructure, catching the next wave

The Hindu  

India’s digital public infrastructure, loosely the India Stack and more, is a marvel of our times, shaped in a unique partnership between governments, regulators, the private sector, selfless volunteers, startups, and academia/think tanks. Engendering sustained collective action at scale between so many disparate entities itself is magical and the outcomes are India’s answer to Web 3, perhaps even superior in …

Is Aadhaar for greater social good?
2 years ago

Is Aadhaar for greater social good?

The Hindu  

The passage of time does not seem to have removed the concern of people about the safety of Aadhaar data. It was more than six-seven years ago that cooking gas consumers in Tamil Nadu began seeding their Aadhaar and bank account details with their LPG consumer numbers for receiving the subsidy and the ration cardholders integrated the Aadhaar data of …

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 5 months ago

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

There has been no breach of Unique Identification Authority of India’s Aadhaar data vault, Union minister of electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was responding to questions raised by CPI MP Binoy Viswam on whether the Centre has considered the recent CAG report that questioned the encryption method and procedure …

Will the Aadhaar fiasco pave the way for a stronger Data Protection Bill?
2 years, 7 months ago

Will the Aadhaar fiasco pave the way for a stronger Data Protection Bill?

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 12, 2022 18:00 IST On the 88th episode of his monthly radio programme “Mann Ki Baat” on April 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke glowingly about how small online payments had helped the growth of the digital economy. The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which leaned heavily on the Srikrishna Committee report, was introduced in the Lok …

'Question Of National Security,' Nearly 100 Aadhaar-Related FIRs Brought To UIDAI's Notice: Report
2 years, 7 months ago

'Question Of National Security,' Nearly 100 Aadhaar-Related FIRs Brought To UIDAI's Notice: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: While roughly a hundred police complaints relating to Aadhaar numbers were brought to the attention of the Unique Identification Authority of India between 2018 and 2021, a considerably greater number of incidents went unreported, according to authorities acquainted with the subject, HT reported. They include Aadhaar numbers being compromised, Pakistani citizens obtaining the unique numbers meant only for …

UIDAI takes note of close to 100 Aadhaar-related FIRs
2 years, 7 months ago

UIDAI takes note of close to 100 Aadhaar-related FIRs

Hindustan Times  

Although nearly a hundred police complaints related to Aadhaar numbers between 2018 and 2021 have been brought to the notice of the Unique Identification Authority of India by law enforcement agencies, a much larger number of cases remain unreported, according to officials familiar with the matter. The cases include Aadhaar numbers being compromised, Pakistani citizens acquiring the unique numbers meant …

Questions remain on the Aadhaar flip-flop
2 years, 7 months ago

Questions remain on the Aadhaar flip-flop

Hindustan Times  

Over the weekend, the government issued and withdrew an advisory cautioning people on sharing their full Aadhaar numbers in a hard copy with “unlicensed” organisations. Aadhaar cardholders, the second statement said, are “only advised to exercise normal prudence”. The likelihood of being asked for a photocopy of an Aadhaar — instead of being verified via an OTP or a fingerprint …

Fake Aadhar Cards: Delhi High Court Directs UIDAI To Disclose Information Of Over 400 Persons Allegedly Involved
2 years, 11 months ago

Fake Aadhar Cards: Delhi High Court Directs UIDAI To Disclose Information Of Over 400 Persons Allegedly Involved

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the Unique Identification Authority of India to disclose information of over 400 aadhar card holders who were allegedly issued fake aadhar card certificates for the purpose of enrolment in civil defence training in the city. Justice Chandra Dhari Singh was dealing with a case wherein the investigation revealed that in the year 2019, the …

Why is UIDAI Issuing Physical Aadhaar Cards, No Logic in Offline Verification, Says Its Former Chief RS Sharma
3 years, 1 month ago

Why is UIDAI Issuing Physical Aadhaar Cards, No Logic in Offline Verification, Says Its Former Chief RS Sharma

News 18  

Former chief of Unique Identification Authority of India and current chief of National Health Authority and CoWin RS Sharma slammed his former organisation on Wednesday, saying it defeated logic that the UIDAI was issuing physical Aadhaar cards or allowing offline verification. This whole concept that the Aadhaar is a secret number is a problem,” Sharma added. “The line on the …

Aadhaar 2.0: Top Govt Officials, Experts to Brainstorm on Expanding Usage, Achieving International Standard
3 years, 1 month ago

Aadhaar 2.0: Top Govt Officials, Experts to Brainstorm on Expanding Usage, Achieving International Standard

News 18  

Top government officials and experts from India and abroad will brainstorm over three days in the coming week over how to improve and expand the use of Aadhaar in a digital economy and work towards developing Aadhaar as an “International Digital Identity Standard”. The three-day workshop titled ‘Aadhaar 2.0 – Ushering the Next Era of Digital Identity and Smart Governance’ …

'Cybersecurity In India Hasn't Received The Attention It Deserves': Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Guidelines To Combat Hacking, Cyber Crimes, Data Theft
3 years, 2 months ago

'Cybersecurity In India Hasn't Received The Attention It Deserves': Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Guidelines To Combat Hacking, Cyber Crimes, Data Theft

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today adjourned the writ petition which sought for formulation of new guidelines to combat hacking, cyber crimes, data theft and allied issues for November 26, 2021.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar directed Advocate Vivek Narayan Sharma appearing for the petitioner to serve an advance copy of the petition to Centre's Standing Counsel. The petition …

'Inaccurate': Govt slams magazine article claiming digital divide in India
3 years, 2 months ago

'Inaccurate': Govt slams magazine article claiming digital divide in India

Hindustan Times  

Reacting to a recent story on India's tech-based governance in a renowned magazine and the digital divide that is highlighted, the government on Wednesday claimed that the article is “inaccurate and biased", "betrays a severe lack of journalistic diligence" and “contradicts even the past reports” in that publication. Taking cognisance of an article published in The Economist on October 16, …

Delhi HC seeks UIDAI, Centre's response on issuance of new Aadhaar number to existing card holders
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi HC seeks UIDAI, Centre's response on issuance of new Aadhaar number to existing card holders

Firstpost  

Justice Rekha Palli issued the notice on a petition filed by businessman Rajan Arora who claims that his personal details, including Aadhaar number, have been compromised New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response from Centre and UIDAI on a petition seeking mechanism and procedure for issuance of new Aadhaar number to existing card holders. Justice Rekha Palli …

Telangana HC Directs State Not To Insist Aadhaar For Uploading Property Details In Dharani Portal [Read Order]
4 years, 2 months ago

Telangana HC Directs State Not To Insist Aadhaar For Uploading Property Details In Dharani Portal [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has directed the State not to insist on uploading of Aadhaar details vis-i-vis the agricultural land details being placed by the people on Dharani Portal.The bench comprising the Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy passed the interim order in petitions challenging the collection of Aadhaar Card numbers from the property owners. …

For a data firewall: The Hindu Editorial on need for a data protection law
4 years, 11 months ago

For a data firewall: The Hindu Editorial on need for a data protection law

The Hindu  

The report by a German cybersecurity firm that medical details of millions of Indian patients were leaked and are freely available on the Internet is worrying. Such information has the potential to be mined for deeper data analysis and for creating profiles that could be used for social engineering, phishing and online identity theft, among other practices that thrive on …

"Today Google Knows More About You Than Your Spouse-" Justice V Ramasubramanian On 'Right To Privacy: New Age Challenges'
5 years ago

"Today Google Knows More About You Than Your Spouse-" Justice V Ramasubramanian On 'Right To Privacy: New Age Challenges'

Live Law  

It is indeed a privilege to be invited deliver a Memorial Lecture instituted in the name of Justice V.R. Sharma vs. Satish Chandra, where the Supreme Court held that there is no justification to import the right to privacy into our Constitution by a process of strained construction, analogous to American Fourth Amendment. The Supreme Court affirmed in this case …

Opinion | Draft IT rules will have a serious impact on the privacy of citizens
5 years, 1 month ago

Opinion | Draft IT rules will have a serious impact on the privacy of citizens

Live Mint  

Last month in an affidavit before the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology indicated that it will notify the Information Technology, 2018 in January 2020. These Draft Rules seek to amend the existing Intermediary Guidelines, which govern the flow of information across the internet. One of the most controversial aspects of the Draft Rules is the requirement …

Supreme Court seeks government reply to plea on Aadhaar data use by private firms
5 years, 1 month ago

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

The Hindu  

A Bench of Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde and B.R. Gavai of the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Union government and the Unique Identification Authority of India to respond to a petition alleging that recent amendments to the Aadhaar law opened the back door to private players to access citizens’ sensitive personal data. “The impugned Act creates a …

Aadhaar Is A National Asset; Sharing Information May Affect Security Interests: CIC [Read Order]
5 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar Is A National Asset; Sharing Information May Affect Security Interests: CIC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Central Information Commission has held that Aadhaar is a national asset and sharing information pertaining to it can affect the security interest of Unique Identification Authority of India and may lead to incitement of an offence. The Complainant, one Anupam Saraph, had sought the following information from the Central Public Information Officer of the UIDAI by filing an RTI …

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  

The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear a plea by Facebook to call forth petitions pending in various high courts concerning the linking of social media accounts of users with their Aadhaar numbers. Justice Gupta said the court wants to know whether the Centre was working on any law on linking Aadhaar or an authentic government identity proof with …

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 …

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 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 …

Major Aadhaar data leak plugged: French security researcher
5 years, 9 months ago

Major Aadhaar data leak plugged: French security researcher

The Hindu  

The Indian cyber security machinery, in collaboration with a self-proclaimed anonymous French security researcher who has been vocal about data security through his Twitter account, claimed to have plugged a major data leak over the course of the last nine days. The researcher, who goes by the display name Elliot Alderson on Twitter, had on March 10 tweeted that two …

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 …

6mn Aadhaar Numbers Leaked By Gas PSU: Indian Oil Says ‘No Leak’
5 years, 10 months ago

6mn Aadhaar Numbers Leaked By Gas PSU: Indian Oil Says ‘No Leak’

The Quint  

Nearly 6 million Aadhaar numbers have been leaked through a vulnerability on the Indane website meant for dealers and distributors, a French ‘ethical hacker’ who goes by the name Elliot Alderson claimed on Twitter. The Indane portal reportedly exposes the names, Aadhaar numbers and addresses of the customers. Indian Oil Corp responded to the allegations on Twitter, saying that “leakage …

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 …

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. …

Aadhaar Amendment Bill grants broad, vague powers; privacy needs to be priority
6 years ago

Aadhaar Amendment Bill grants broad, vague powers; privacy needs to be priority

Firstpost  

A bill to amend the Aadhaar Act, the Aadhaar Amendment Bill, 2018, was introduced in Parliament recently, leading to immediate objections on the lack of prior public consultation as well as questions on its constitutionality. Apart from provisions to bring the Aadhaar Act, 2016, in line with the Supreme Court judgment on Aadhaar, the Bill also introduces several provisions to …

Govt tables bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar for SIM, bank account; stiff penalties for violation of norms
6 years ago

Govt tables bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar for SIM, bank account; stiff penalties for violation of norms

Firstpost  

The bill proposes a civil penalty of up to Rs 1 crore on entities that violate the provisions of the Aadhaar Act, with an additional fine of up to Rs 10 lakh per day in case of continuous non-compliance. New Delhi: The government on Wednesday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha that will allow individuals to offer voluntarily biometric …

Review Petition Filed In SC Against Constitution Bench’s Aadhaar Judgment [Read Petition]
6 years ago

Review Petition Filed In SC Against Constitution Bench’s Aadhaar Judgment [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging its upholding of the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar in Justice K.S. It submits, “Both these judgments have failed to account that when there is an express prohibition in the plain language of the statute itself, then it must be given effect to, and on this ground alone, …

Aadhaar: Twists and turns in the biometric tale
6 years ago

Aadhaar: Twists and turns in the biometric tale

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Aadhaar, India’s extraordinary attempt to give every citizen a biometric identity, is set for a massive revamp with new offline verification tools and non-intrusive ways for people seeking to voluntarily use the 12-digit unique number for new bank accounts and mobile connections. After twists and turns in 2018, led by the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the constitutional …

Laws to be amended to let private firms use Aadhaar
6 years ago

Laws to be amended to let private firms use Aadhaar

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government has decided to amend the Telegraph Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in order to allow private entities such as banks and telecom service providers access to Aadhaar as one of the “know your customer” methods. The cabinet also approved 10-year jail terms for those found guilty of data breach; use of quick response …

Cabinet okays legal changes to link Aadhaar with mobiles, bank accounts
6 years ago

Cabinet okays legal changes to link Aadhaar with mobiles, bank accounts

Hindustan Times  

The government will ask parliament to change two laws to let private bodies such as banks and phone companies to access Aadhaar as one of the ‘know your customer’ methods. The move comes months after the Supreme Court struck down a section in the Aadhaar law that allowed private companies to demand that their customers provide their 12-digit unique identification …

Aadhaar data breach: HC grants more time to UIDAI to file response
6 years, 1 month ago

Aadhaar data breach: HC grants more time to UIDAI to file response

The Quint  

New Delhi, Nov 19 The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed the Unique Identification Authority of India's plea seeking more time to file a response on a plea seeking exemplary damages for the losses caused due to leakage of Aadhaar data. The court was hearing a plea filed by Shamnad Basheer through advocate Siddharth Aggarwal alleging that the dissemination of …

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