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4 Popular Myths about UID: by Prashant Iyengar — published Jan 22, 2011 — last modified Jun 20, 2012 04:37 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
By now, there is already a lot of material in the public domain that is critical about the UID/Aadhar project, writes Prashant Iyengar in this blog entry published in Privacy India on January 22, 2011.
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6th Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 19, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 04:57 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Malavika Jayaram is a speaker at the conference organized by Eticas Research and Consulting at the University of Barcelona and CCCB from April 24 to 26, 2014.
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7th Best Practices Meet 2015: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 17, 2015 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Data Security Council of India (DSCI) organized the 7th edition of its Best Practices Meet (BPM) from July 9 - 10, 2015 at Hotel ITC Gardenia in Bengaluru. BPM2015 had “Architecting Security for Digital Transformation” as its theme. Sunil Abraham and Elonnai Hickok were speakers at this event.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
১৩ কোটি আধার তথ্য ফাঁস চার সরকারি পোর্টাল থেকে! বিস্ফোরক দাবি রিপোর্টে: by Prasad Krishna — published May 02, 2017 — last modified May 20, 2017 11:45 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
খোদ সরকারি পোর্টাল থেকে কয়েক কোটি আধার নম্বর ও যাবতীয় তথ্য ‘ফাঁস’!
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
11th Meeting of Information Systems Security Sectional Committee (LITD 17): by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 19, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at this meeting organized by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) at Manak Bhavan, New Delhi on April 13, 2017.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
13 crore Aadhaar numbers on four government websites compromised: Report: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — last modified May 03, 2017 03:19 PM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The lack of information security practices in key government websites which hosts Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has left citizens of the country more vulnerable to identity theft and financial fraud, a research paper has argued.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
20 years of Google: Privacy, fake news and the future: by Admin — published Aug 30, 2018 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Google once directed you to information. Today, it’s often the source of information, using data you and others have shared, often without you realising it. Public knowledge goes where Google takes it. And 20 years on, not everyone’s happy with the journey.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
130 Million Aadhaar Numbers Were Made Public, Says New Report: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — last modified May 20, 2017 06:32 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The research report looks at four major government portals whose poor information security practices have exposed personal data including bank account details.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
130 Million at Risk of Fraud After Massive Leak of Indian Biometric System Data: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — last modified May 20, 2017 12:36 PM — filed under: Biometrics, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
A series of potentially calamitous leaks in India leave as many as 130 million people at risk of fraud or worse after caches of biometric and other personal data became accessible online.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
135 MEELLION Indian government payment card details leaked: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — last modified May 20, 2017 11:51 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Legislation coming to beef up Aadhaar card privacy, security.
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