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Aadhaar seeding: benefits and concerns
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by
Admin
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published
Nov 23, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Products and services such as bank accounts, life insurance policies and phone connections have to be linked with Aadhaar. But is this of any real help?
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Identity of the Aadhaar Act: Supreme Court and the Money Bill Question
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by
Vanya Rakesh and Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 09, 2016
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filed under:
UID,
Big Data,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Aadhaar
A writ petition has been filed by former Union minister Jairam Ramesh on April 6 challenging the constitutionality and legality of the treatment of this Act as a money bill. The Supreme Court heard the matter on April 25 and invited the Union government to present its view. It is our view that the Supreme Court can not only review the Lok Sabha speaker’s decision, but should also ask the government to draft the Aadhaar Bill again, this time with greater parliamentary and public deliberation. Vanya Rakesh and Sumandro Chattapadhyay wrote this article on The Wire.
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Submitted Your Biometrics for Aadhaar? Here’s How You Can Lock/Unlock That Data
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by
Admin
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published
Jan 24, 2019
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last modified
Feb 02, 2019 02:09 AM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Did you know that UIDAI provides a facility that allows users to lock/unlock their Aadhaar biometric data online?
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Aadhaar Bill fails to incorporate suggestions by the Standing Committee
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Mar 10, 2016
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last modified
Mar 10, 2016 03:58 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
In 2011, a standing committee report led by Yashwant Sinha had been scathing in its indictments of the Aadhaar BIll introduced by the UPA government. Five years later, the NDA government has introduced a new bill which is a rehash of the same. I look at the concerns raised by the committee report, none of which have been addressed by the new bill.
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Aadhaar Bill 2016 & NIAI Bill 2010 - Comparing the Texts
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Mar 09, 2016
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last modified
Mar 09, 2016 11:25 AM
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filed under:
UID,
Aadhaar,
Big Data,
Privacy
This is a quick comparison of the texts of the Aadhaar Bill 2016 and the National Identification Authority of India Bill 2010. The new sections in the former are highlighed, and the deleted sections (that were part of the latter) are struck out.
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The New Aadhaar Bill in Plain English
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Amber Sinha, Vanya Rakesh and Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Mar 11, 2016
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last modified
Mar 11, 2016 04:41 AM
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics
We have put together a plain English version of the The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016.
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India's Aadhaar mandate for smartphone makers may rile global firms
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 15, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
They are unlikely to oblige to request to make changes in their operating system and devices to ensure Aadhaar authentication is done securely on smartphones.
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Glaring Errors in UIDAI's Rebuttal
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Pranesh Prakash
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published
Sep 18, 2016
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last modified
Sep 18, 2016 03:22 AM
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filed under:
UID,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This response note by Pranesh Prakash questions Unique Identification Authority of India’s reply to Hans Verghese Mathews' article titled “Flaws in the UIDAI Process” (EPW, March 12, 2016), which found “serious mathematical errors” in the article.
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Govt to keep Aadhaar record for 7 years, activists worried
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 17, 2016
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The government will keep for seven years a record of all the services and benefits availed using the Aadhaar number, say new rules, prompting fears that the database could be used for surveillance.
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Intelligence agencies will not have open access to Aadhaar data: UIDAI chief
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 21, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Intelligence agencies will not have free access to Aadhaar data, a top government official said on Thursday, looking to assuage fears of abuse of personal information.
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