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(Updated) Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar Numbers with sensitive personal financial information
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by
Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali
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published
May 01, 2017
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last modified
Mar 13, 2019 12:29 AM
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filed under:
Digital ID,
Privacy,
NDSAP,
Data Protection,
Accountability,
Featured,
Data Governance,
Aadhaar,
Digitisation,
Homepage,
Internet Governance,
Data Management
Since its inception in 2009, the Aadhaar project has been shrouded in controversy due to various questions raised about privacy, technological issues, welfare exclusion, and security concerns. In this study, we document numerous instances of publicly available Aadhaar Numbers along with other personally identifiable information (PII) of individuals on government websites. This report highlights four government projects run by various government departments that have made sensitive personal financial information and Aadhaar numbers public on the project websites.
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Internet Governance
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Announcement of a Three-Region Research Alliance on the Appropriate Use of Digital Identity
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
May 13, 2019
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last modified
May 13, 2019 09:06 AM
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filed under:
Digital ID,
Internet Governance,
Appropriate Use of Digital ID,
Featured,
Digital Identity,
Homepage
Omidyar Network has recently announced its decision to invest in establishment of a three-region research alliance — to be co-led by the Institute for Technology & Society (ITS), Brazil, the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) , Kenya, and the CIS, India — on the Appropriate Use of Digital Identity. As part of this Alliance, we at the CIS will look at the policy objectives of digital identity projects, how technological policy choices can be thought through to meet the objectives, and how legitimate uses of a digital identity framework may be evaluated.
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Blog
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Workshop on Democratic Accountability in the Digital Age (Delhi, November 14-15)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Oct 31, 2016
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last modified
Dec 15, 2016 09:27 AM
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filed under:
Digital ID,
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
UID,
Internet Governance,
Accountability,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
E-Governance,
Digital Rights
IT for Change, along with Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) and National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), is organising a two day workshop on ‘Democratic Accountability in the Digital Age’. The workshop will focus on evolving a comprehensive policy approach to data based governance and digital democracy, grounded in a rights and social justice framework. It will be held at the United Service Institution of India, Delhi, during November 14-15, 2016. The CIS team to participate in the workshop includes Sumandro Chattapadhyay (speaker), Amber Sinha (speaker), Vanya Rakesh (participant), and Himadri Chatterjee (participant).
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Events
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Seminar on Understanding Financial Technology, Cashless India, and Forced Digitalisation (Delhi, January 24)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jan 23, 2017
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last modified
Jan 23, 2017 01:17 PM
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filed under:
Unified Payments Interface,
Financial Technology,
Digital ID,
Big Data,
Digital Economy,
UID,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Financial Inclusion,
Biometrics,
Digital Payment
The Centre for Financial Accountability is organising a seminar on "Understanding Financial Technology, Cashless India, and Forced Digitalisation" on Tuesday, January 24, at YWCA, Ashoka Road, New Delhi. Sumandro Chattapadhyay will participate in the seminar and speak on the emerging architecture of FinTech in India, as being developed and deployed by UIDAI and NPCI.
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News & Media
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Workshop Report - UIDAI and Welfare Services: Exclusion and Countermeasures
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by
Vanya Rakesh
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published
Dec 14, 2016
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last modified
Mar 16, 2019 04:34 AM
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filed under:
Digital Payment,
Data Systems,
Researchers at Work,
UID,
Internet Governance,
Surveillance,
Big Data,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
Big Data for Development,
Digital ID
This report presents summarised notes from a workshop organised by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) on Saturday, August 27, 2016, to discuss, raise awareness of, and devise countermeasures to exclusion due to implementation of UID-based verification for and distribution of welfare services.
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Blog
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Comments on the Report of the Committee on Digital Payments (December 2016)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha
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published
Jan 12, 2017
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last modified
Jan 12, 2017 12:32 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Digital ID,
Big Data,
Digital Economy,
Digital Access,
Privacy,
Digital Security,
Data Revolution,
Digital Payment,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Data Protection,
Demonetisation,
Homepage,
Featured,
Aadhaar
The Committee on Digital Payments constituted by the Ministry of Finance and chaired by Ratan P. Watal, Principal Advisor, NITI Aayog, submitted its report on the "Medium Term Recommendations to Strengthen Digital Payments Ecosystem" on December 09, 2016. The report was made public on December 27, and comments were sought from the general public. Here are the comments submitted by the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Blog
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Programme Officer - Digital Identity
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Mar 29, 2019
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filed under:
Jobs,
Digital ID
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the position of Programme Officer, to be associated with a two year long research project on digital identity. We may hire up to three Programme Officers as part of this project. The position is full time and will be based in the Delhi office of CIS.
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