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Aadhaar numbers of 135 mn may have leaked, claims CIS report
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 02, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 10:42 AM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Aadhaar numbers and personal information of as many as 135 million Indians could have been leaked from four government portals due to lack of IT security practices, the Centre for Internet and Society has claimed.
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Aadhaar Details Of 13.5 Crore People Available On Government Sites
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 02, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 11:00 AM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Up to 13.5 crore Aadhaar numbers can be easily accessed through government portals and nearly three-fourths of these are linked to bank accounts, said non-profit research organisation the Centre For Internet & Society (CIS).
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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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Analysis: Data Protection in India - Getting It Right
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 28, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Indian Government Plans Ambitious Data Protection Legislation Rollout by October
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News & Media
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Now, Aadhaar details displayed in Mizoram too
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 27, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Contrary to the Centre’s assurances, government websites are revealing digital details of the poor, leaving them vulnerable to financial frauds and identity theft.
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Aadhaar: A widening net
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 22, 2017
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filed under:
Biometrics,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
As India makes Aadhaar compulsory for a range of services, concerns about potential data breaches remain more than six years after the govt started building the world’s largest biometric identification system.
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11th Meeting of Information Systems Security Sectional Committee (LITD 17)
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 19, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at this meeting organized by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) at Manak Bhavan, New Delhi on April 13, 2017.
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Opposition questions govt move to make Aadhaar must
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 12, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed that the Aadhaar system was becoming an instrument of social exclusion rather than one of identity.
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News & Media
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Privacy in the Age of Big Data
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Apr 11, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Aadhaar,
Big Data,
Privacy
Personal data is freely accessible, shared and even sold, and those to whom this information belongs have little control over its flow.
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Blog
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Privacy, what? Bengaluru police leaks 46,000 phone numbers on Twitter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 07, 2017
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Bengaluru police made the biggest goof up of all time by releasing private information of people who called 100 to complain since April 2015 and was seemingly unapologetic about the breach of privacy.
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