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The National Privacy Principles
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Pooja Saxena and Amber Sinha
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published
Mar 21, 2016
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filed under:
Data Protection,
Privacy
In this infographic, we try to break down the National Privacy Principles developed by the Group of Experts on Privacy led by the Former Chief Justice A.P. Shah in 2012.
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Aadhaar Bill 2016 Evaluated against the National Privacy Principles
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by
Pooja Saxena and Amber Sinha
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published
Mar 21, 2016
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filed under:
UID,
Big Data,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Infographic,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics
In this infographic, we evaluate the privacy provisions of the Aadhaar Bill 2016 against the national privacy principles developed by the Group of Experts on Privacy led by the Former Chief Justice A.P. Shah in 2012. The infographic is based on Vipul Kharbanda’s article 'Analysis of Aadhaar Act in the Context of A.P. Shah Committee Principles,' and is designed by Pooja Saxena, with inputs from Amber Sinha.
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Vulnerabilities in the UIDAI Implementation Not Addressed by the Aadhaar Bill, 2016
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by
Pooja Saxena and Amber Sinha
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published
Mar 21, 2016
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last modified
Mar 21, 2016 08:33 AM
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filed under:
UID,
Big Data,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Infographic,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics
In this infographic, we document the various issues in the Aadhaar enrolment process implemented by the UIDAI, and highlight the vulnerabilities that the Aadhaar Bill, 2016 does not address. The infographic is based on Vidushi Marda’s article 'Data Flow in the Unique Identification Scheme of India,' and is designed by Pooja Saxena, with inputs from Amber Sinha.
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Salient Points in the Aadhaar Bill and Concerns
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by
Amber Sinha and Elonnai Hickok
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published
Mar 21, 2016
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics
Since the release of the Aadhaar Bill, the Centre for Internet and Society has been writing a number of posts analyzing the Bill and calling out problematic areas and the implications of the same. This post is meant to contribute to this growing body of writing and call out our major concerns with the Bill.
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Sexual Harassment at ICANN
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by
Padmini Baruah
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published
Mar 18, 2016
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last modified
Apr 06, 2016 02:40 PM
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filed under:
Sexual Harassment,
ICANN,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Padmini Baruah represented the Centre for Internet & Society at ICANN in the month of March 2016. In a submission to ICANN she is calling upon the ICANN board for implementing a system for investigating cases related to sexual harassments.
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Pratap Vikram Singh - Why Aadhaar is Baseless?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 17, 2016
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last modified
Apr 02, 2016 05:31 AM
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics
This article by Pratap Vikram Singh, Governance Now, discusses the problems emerging out of the UIDAI project due to its lack of mechanisms for informed and granular consent, and for seeking recourse in the case of denial of service. The article quotes Sumandro Chattapadhyay and mentions Hans Varghese Mathew's work on the biometric basis of UIDAI. It was written before the Aadhaar bill was passed in Lok Sabha.
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Analysis of Aadhaar Act in the Context of A.P. Shah Committee Principles
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by
Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Mar 17, 2016
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last modified
Mar 17, 2016 07:43 PM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics,
Homepage
Whilst there are a number of controversies relating to the Aadhaar Act including the fact that it was introduced in a manner so as to circumvent the majority of the opposition in the upper house of the Parliament and that it was rushed through the Lok Sabha in a mere eight days, in this paper we shall discuss the substantial aspects of the Act in relation to privacy concerns which have been raised by a number of experts. In October 2012, the Group of Experts on Privacy constituted by the Planning Commission under the chairmanship of Justice AP Shah Committee submitted its report which listed nine principles of privacy which all legislations, especially those dealing with personal should adhere to. In this paper, we shall discuss how the Aadhaar Act fares vis-à-vis these nine principles.
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Privacy Concerns Overshadow Monetary Benefits of Aadhaar Scheme
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by
Pranesh Prakash and Amber Sinha
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published
Mar 17, 2016
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last modified
Mar 17, 2016 04:12 PM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Since its inception in 2009, the Aadhaar system has been shrouded in controversy over issues of privacy, security and viability. It has been implemented without a legislative mandate and has resulted in a PIL in the Supreme Court, which referred it to a Constitution bench. On Friday, it kicked up more dust when the Lok Sabha passed a Bill to give statutory backing to the unique identity number scheme.
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India's billion-member biometric database raises privacy fears
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 17, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
India's parliament is set to pass legislation that gives federal agencies access to the world's biggest biometric database in the interests of national security, raising fears the privacy of a billion people could be compromised.
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Forget privacy, Aadhaar Bill gives too much power to the executive
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 17, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The government promotes the Aadhaar programme because it believes the 12-digit unique identification number will let them track every penny spent from the exchequer. But money is not all that the Aadhaar number can track.
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