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The soon-to-be launched Aadhaar Pay will let you make purchases using your fingerprint
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Prasad Krishna
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Jan 16, 2017
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filed under:
Demonetisation,
Digital Payment,
Digital Governance,
Digital Economy,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital Money,
Video,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics
Paying for your groceries and other goods by using your biometrics instead of an e-wallet, debit card or cash seems to be the next phase in the Centre’s ambitious push to shift the country to a “less cash” economy, as its mandarins term it.
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A scheme in India to help the poor raises privacy concerns
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 17, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
India’s legislators are on Wednesday debating a law that would allow the government to collect biometric and demographic information from people in return for distributing to them government benefits and subsidies.
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Can the Matters Dealt with in the Aadhaar Act be the Objects of a Money Bill?
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Pooja Saxena
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published
Apr 24, 2016
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar
In this infographic, we highlight the matters dealt with in the Aadhaar Act 2016, recently tabled in and passed by the Lok Sabha as a money bill, and consider if these can be objects of a money bill. The infographic is designed by Pooja Saxena, based on information compiled by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha.
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Blog
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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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March 2016 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 31, 2016
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last modified
Apr 13, 2016 08:05 AM
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filed under:
Newsletter
CIS Newsletter for the month of March 2016 is here.
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Making Aadhaar Mandatory: Gamechanger For Governance?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 24, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Why a programme that both the Congress and the BJP have hailed as transformational has divided Parliament this week? The Aadhaar Bill which was passed this week aims at facilitating government benefits and subsidies to citizens said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
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Modi Govt compromising privacy of individuals: Cong
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Admin
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Mar 26, 2018
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last modified
Apr 18, 2018 01:10 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Charging the Narendra Modi Governemt with compromising the privacy of individuals by leaking user information on the Narendra Modi app, the Congress on Monday said the counter allegations by the BJP that the Opposition party was indulging in 'data theft' were an attempt to divert attention from the issue.
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Data Flow in the Unique Identification Scheme of India
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by
Vidushi Marda
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published
Sep 03, 2015
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This note analyses the data flow within the UID scheme and aims at highlighting vulnerabilities at each stage. The data flow within the UID Scheme can be best understood by first delineating the organizations involved in enrolling residents for Aadhaar. The UIDAI partners with various Registrars usually a department of the central or state Government, and some private sector agencies like LIC etc– through a Memorandum of Understanding for assisting with the enrollment process of the UID project.
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Blog
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Aadhaar safety
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by
Admin
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published
Mar 26, 2018
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
We get experts to give their take on a current issue each week and lend their perspective to a much-discussed topic.
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News & Media
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Privacy Newsletter February 2017
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 20, 2017
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