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UIDAI and Welfare Services: Exclusion and Countermeasures (Bangalore, August 27)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Aug 22, 2016
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last modified
Aug 22, 2016 01:25 PM
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filed under:
Exclusion,
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
UID
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to a one day workshop, 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. We look forward to making this a forum for knowledge exchange and a learning opportunity for our friends and colleagues.
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UIDAI asks Centre for Internet & Society to provide hacker details
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 18, 2017
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last modified
Jun 07, 2017 12:21 PM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the regulatory authority for Aadhaar, has written to a Bengaluru-based research organisation, Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), seeking details about a suspected hack attack on government websites that led to the leak of information about 13 crore users.
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UIDAI declining multiple requests by police to share Indian citizens’ biometrics
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 06, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the governing agency in charge of Aadhaar, has declined multiple requests from all law enforcement agencies, including the Delhi Police, for biometrics of citizens for criminal investigations, according to a report by The Indian Express.
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UIDAI denies any breach of Aadhaar database
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by
Admin
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published
Jan 07, 2018
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last modified
Jan 07, 2018 12:03 PM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Personal data, including biometric information, of citizens safe and secure, says UIDAI on Aadhaar data breach.
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UIDAI goes after org that disclosed government departments were releasing Aadhaar data
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by
Nikhil Pahwa
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published
May 20, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 10:46 AM
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filed under:
UIDAI,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
If there was ever a case of shoot the messenger, it is this.
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UIDAI introduces new two-layer security system to improve Aadhaar privacy
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by
Admin
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published
Jan 16, 2018
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has introduced a system of virtual authentication for citizens enrolled on its database and limited the access available to service providers in a move aimed at allaying widespread concern over security breaches that have dogged the world's largest repository of citizen data.
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UIDAI puts posers to CIS over Aadhaar data leak claim
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 19, 2017
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filed under:
UIDAI,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI has asked research firm Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) to explain its sensational claim that 13 crore Aadhaar numbers were "leaked" and provide details of servers where they are stored.
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UIDAI remains silent on #Aadhaarleaks of 13 crore users through government portals
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 02, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 11:06 AM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
As the arguments for making Aadhaar mandatory go on, is there any way to stem the leaks and identify who exactly has all this information.
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UIDAI servers or third parties, Aadhaar leaks are dangerous: Experts
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by
Admin
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published
Mar 27, 2018
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Even though the UIDAI has denied these reports, its arguments rest on shaky grounds, according to experts.
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UIDAI's Virtual ID, limited KYC does little to protect Aadhaar data already collected, say critics
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by
Admin
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published
Jan 16, 2018
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Aadhaar-issuing body, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), had barely started patting itself on the back for introducing the Virtual ID concept, what CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey called "one of biggest recent innovations in this field", when detractors came crawling out of the woodwork, all guns blazing.
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