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Giving out your fingerprint for Aadhar payments is as bad as telling the seller your banking password: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 07, 2017 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
PRS India recently released a report card enlisting the status of all the major policy announcements made by the President on India in his address to the Parliament on 23 February 2016. The policies cover all the major sectors including economy and finance, industry and manufacturing, governance and legal reform, skill development, science and innovation among others.
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Glaring Errors in UIDAI's Rebuttal: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 18, 2016 — last modified Sep 18, 2016 03:22 AM — 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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Governing ID: Principles for Evalution: by Pranav M B — published Mar 02, 2020
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Govt may have made 135 million Aadhaar numbers public: CIS report: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
CIS report says Aadhaar numbers leaked through government databases could be 100-135 million and bank accounts numbers leaked about 100 million.
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Govt may turn to supercomputing for better use of Aadhaar database: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 10, 2015 — last modified Mar 08, 2015 05:53 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Technology experts working with the Aadhaar project have spotted other potential uses for it, all to be powered by a string of supercomputers.
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Govt narrative on Aadhaar has not changed in the last six years: Sunil Abraham: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 16, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The bill is basically the same as the UPA version, with some cosmetic changes, and some tokenism towards the right to privacy, says Abraham.
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Govt releases white paper on data protection framework: by Admin — published Nov 28, 2017 — filed under: Internet Governance
Public comments are welcome till 31 December on the data protection white paper, which is aimed at securing digital transactions and addressing privacy issues.
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Govt to keep Aadhaar record for 7 years, activists worried: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 17, 2016 — 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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Hammered government offers Virtual ID firewall to protect your Aadhaar: by Admin — published Jan 16, 2018 — last modified Jan 16, 2018 11:34 PM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Days after reports surfaced claiming security breaches, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday announced the implementation of a new security protocol that would remove the need to divulge Aadhaar numbers during authentication processes and limit third-party access to KYC details.
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Health IDs: Voluntary or Mandatory?: by Pallavi Bedi — published Jul 22, 2021
On August 15, 2020, the prime minister launched the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) with the objective of improving and streamlining the Indian healthcare system. In December 2020, the Central Government, notified the National Digital Health Mission: Health Data Management Policy (Health Data Policy) seeking to create a digital health ecosystem under the NDHM. A core pillar of the Health Data Policy is to create a unique health identity (UHID) for every Indian citizen.
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