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- New Approaches to Information Privacy – Revisiting the Purpose Limitation Principle
- Article on Aadhaar throwing light on privacy and data protection. by Amber Sinha — last modified Nov 09, 2016 01:54 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Aadhaar-enabled smartphones will ease money transfer
- With its plans to make smartphones Aadhaar-enabled, the government hopes to provide users a means to do self-authentication and let businesses and banks verify ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 10, 2016 01:33 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- And now, Aadhaar-enabled smartphones for easy verification and money transfer
- As reported earlier, the Indian government has planned to make Aadhaar-enabled smartphones , with which users would be able to self-authenticate and let ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 12, 2016 02:50 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- UIDAI and Welfare Services: Exclusion and Countermeasures (Bangalore, August 27)
- 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 ... by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Aug 22, 2016 01:25 PM — Filed under: Exclusion, Digital Governance, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital India, Aadhaar, Welfare Governance, UID
- Extending Aadhaar to more areas is a hare-brained idea, it should be dropped
- News reports that the mandatory use of Aadhaar could be extended to a host of new areas are extremely disturbing. According to these reports, the Unique ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 24, 2016 03:05 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Report on Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges
- The Trans-disciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University collaborated with the Centre for Internet and Society, and ... by Japreet Grewal, Vanya Rakesh, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, and Elonnai Hickock — last modified Mar 16, 2019 04:42 AM — Filed under: Big Data, Data Systems, Privacy, Researchers at Work, Internet Governance, Aadhaar, Welfare Governance, Biometrics, Big Data for Development, UID
- How the government gains when private companies use Aadhaar
- by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 01, 2016 03:58 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- National Health Stack: Data For Data’s Sake, A Manmade Health Hazard
- On Oct. 5, 2017, an HIV positive woman was denied admission in Hyderabad’s Osmania General Hospital even though she was entitled to free treatment under ... by Murali Neelakantan, Swaraj Barooah, Swagam Dasgupta and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Sep 16, 2018 05:01 AM — Filed under: Privacy, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Healthcare
- Is Aadhaar Essential To Achieve Error-Free Electoral Rolls?
- The Election Commission’s plans to link Aadhaar with electoral rolls may have stirred a hornet’s nest. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 25, 2018 01:21 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Biometrics: An ‘Angootha Chaap’ nation?
- This blog post throws light on the inconsistencies in biometric collection under the UID and NPR Schemes. by Mukta Batra — last modified Sep 19, 2014 06:12 AM — Filed under: UID, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- UID and NPR: Towards Common Ground
- The UID (Unique Identification) and NPR (National Population Register) are both government identity schemes that aggregate personal data, including biometric ... by Mukta Batra — last modified Oct 15, 2014 01:06 PM — Filed under: UID, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Supreme Court extends Aadhaar linking deadline till it passes verdict
- The Supreme Court, however, allowed the government to seek Aadhaar numbers to transfer benefits of government schemes funded from the consolidated fund of ... by Admin — last modified Mar 17, 2018 03:02 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- To protect data, don’t opt for plastic or laminated Aadhaar card: UIDAI
- Unauthorized printing of Aadhaar cards could render the QR (quick response) code dysfunctional or even expose personal data without an individual’s informed ... by Admin — last modified Feb 07, 2018 01:00 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Aadhaar: ‘Safety is regularly evolving‘
- Experts say the new security features will significantly ensure there is no ‘large-scale theft of people‘s identity‘. Alnoor Peermohamed reports. by Admin — last modified Feb 07, 2018 04:44 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Linking Aadhaar with social media or ending encryption is counterproductive
- Should Aadhaar be used as KYC for social media accounts? We have recently seen a debate on this question with even the courts hearing arguments in favour and ... by Sunil Abraham — last modified Aug 28, 2019 01:39 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Debate: Five Aadhaar Myths that Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny
- We need to reboot the Aadhaar debate by asking why we want to create a centralised biometric database of Indian residents in the first place. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 01, 2016 03:48 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Pratap Vikram Singh - Why Aadhaar is Baseless?
- 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 ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 02, 2016 05:31 AM — Filed under: UID, Privacy, Internet Governance, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics
- Surveillance Project
- The Aadhaar project’s technological design and architecture is an unmitigated disaster and no amount of legal fixes in the Act will make it any better. by Sunil Abraham — last modified Apr 05, 2016 03:21 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Aadhaar: Still Too Many Problems
- While one wishes to welcome govt’s attempt to bring Aadhaar within a legislative framework, the fact is there are too many problems that still remain ... by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 06, 2016 03:31 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Free Net advocates flay Trai's public Wi-Fi paper
- Stakeholders vouching for a cheap and open Internet have flagged concerns over privacy and regulatory hurdles. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 20, 2016 03:21 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- India's Aadhaar with biometric details of its billion citizens is making experts uncomfortable
- "Indians in general have yet to understand the meaning and essence of privacy," says Member of Parliament, Tathagata Satpathy. by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2017 02:57 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Will Aadhaar Act Address India’s Dire Need For a Privacy Law?
- by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Apr 05, 2016 04:01 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- India's biometric database crosses billion-member mark
- India's biometric database notched up one billion members on Monday, as the government sought to allay concerns about privacy breaches in the world's biggest ... by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 07, 2016 02:54 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- FAQ on the Aadhaar Project and the Bill
- This FAQ attempts to address the key questions regarding the Aadhaar/UIDAI project and the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, ... by Elonnai Hickok, Vanya Rakesh, and Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Apr 13, 2016 02:06 PM — Filed under: UID, Privacy, Internet Governance, Featured, Digital India, Aadhaar, Biometrics, Homepage
- India's National ID Project Brings Pain to Those it Aims to Help
- Poor management, corruption and fraud are threatening to derail the world’s largest national identity project. by Admin — last modified May 12, 2018 12:53 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- From 1 March, only registered devices to be used to authenticate Aadhaar
- UIDAI directive to Aadhaar authentication agencies aims to avoid putting citizens’ biometric data at risk by Admin — last modified Feb 24, 2018 07:59 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Aadhaar unique IDs in India: a qualified success?
- Anshuman Jaswal form Kapronasia shares insights into the security and privacy concerns related to Aadhaar, which are often overlooked by Admin — last modified Mar 17, 2018 12:49 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Aadhaar safety
- We get experts to give their take on a current issue each week and lend their perspective to a much-discussed topic. by Admin — last modified Mar 26, 2018 05:09 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- Security experts say need to secure Aadhaar ecosystem, warn about third party leaks
- The public reckoning of data leaks in India’s national ID database, Aadhaar is still on hold while reports of data leakage through third-parties keep coming. by Admin — last modified Mar 26, 2018 10:37 PM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
- UIDAI servers or third parties, Aadhaar leaks are dangerous: Experts
- Even though the UIDAI has denied these reports, its arguments rest on shaky grounds, according to experts. by Admin — last modified Mar 27, 2018 02:16 AM — Filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
