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UID and NPR: Towards Common Ground
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by
Mukta Batra
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published
Sep 19, 2014
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last modified
Oct 15, 2014 01:06 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The UID (Unique Identification) and NPR (National Population Register) are both government identity schemes that aggregate personal data, including biometric data for the provision of an identification factor, and aim to link them with the delivery of public utility services.
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Supreme Court extends Aadhaar linking deadline till it passes verdict
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by
Admin
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published
Mar 17, 2018
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Supreme Court, however, allowed the government to seek Aadhaar numbers to transfer benefits of government schemes funded from the consolidated fund of India.
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To protect data, don’t opt for plastic or laminated Aadhaar card: UIDAI
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by
Admin
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published
Feb 07, 2018
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Unauthorized printing of Aadhaar cards could render the QR (quick response) code dysfunctional or even expose personal data without an individual’s informed consent, UIDAI says.
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Aadhaar: ‘Safety is regularly evolving‘
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by
Admin
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published
Feb 07, 2018
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Experts say the new security features will significantly ensure there is no ‘large-scale theft of people‘s identity‘. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.
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Linking Aadhaar with social media or ending encryption is counterproductive
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Aug 28, 2019
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
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 against such a move.
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Debate: Five Aadhaar Myths that Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 23, 2016
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last modified
Apr 01, 2016 03:48 PM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
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.
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Pratap Vikram Singh - Why Aadhaar is Baseless?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 17, 2016
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last modified
Apr 02, 2016 05:31 AM
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar,
Biometrics
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 granular consent, and for seeking recourse in the case of denial of service. The article quotes Sumandro Chattapadhyay and mentions Hans Varghese Mathew's work on the biometric basis of UIDAI. It was written before the Aadhaar bill was passed in Lok Sabha.
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Surveillance Project
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Apr 05, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
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.
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Aadhaar: Still Too Many Problems
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Mar 07, 2016
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last modified
Apr 06, 2016 03:31 PM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
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 unaddressed for one to be optimistic.
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Free Net advocates flay Trai's public Wi-Fi paper
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 20, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Stakeholders vouching for a cheap and open Internet have flagged concerns over privacy and regulatory hurdles.
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