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Privacy
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3 May 2017
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'Aadhaar' Of Your Existence Or Card Of Controversy?recent report estimates that details of 13 crore Aadhaar card holders have been leaked from four government websites. These include bank account details, income levels, addresses, even caste and religion details.
2 May 2017
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UIDAI remains silent on #Aadhaarleaks of 13 crore users through government portalsAs the arguments for making Aadhaar mandatory go on, is there any way to stem the leaks and identify who exactly has all this information.
2 May 2017
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Details of 135 million Aadhaar card holders may have leaked, claims CIS reportThe disclosure came as part of a CIS report titled ‘Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A Documentation of Public Availability of Aadhaar Numbers with Sensitive Personal Financial Information’.
2 May 2017
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Around 130-135M Aadhaar Numbers published on 4 sites alone“Therefore, there is no data leak, there is no systematic problem, but, if any one tries to be smart, the law ignites into action.” – Ravi Shankar Prasad, IT Minister, in the Rajya Sabha, on 10th April 2017.
2 May 2017
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Aadhaar numbers of 135 mn may have leaked, claims CIS reportAadhaar numbers and personal information of as many as 135 million Indians could have been leaked from four government portals due to lack of IT security practices, the Centre for Internet and Society has claimed.
2 May 2017
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Aadhaar numbers of 135 mn may have leaked, claims CIS reportAadhaar numbers and personal information of as many as 135 million Indians could have been leaked from four government portals due to lack of IT security practices, the Centre for Internet and Society has claimed.
2 May 2017
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Aadhaar Details Of 13.5 Crore People Available On Government SitesUp to 13.5 crore Aadhaar numbers can be easily accessed through government portals and nearly three-fourths of these are linked to bank accounts, said non-profit research organisation the Centre For Internet & Society (CIS).
2 May 2017
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১৩ কোটি আধার তথ্য ফাঁস চার সরকারি পোর্টাল থেকে! বিস্ফোরক দাবি রিপোর্টেখোদ সরকারি পোর্টাল থেকে কয়েক কোটি আধার নম্বর ও যাবতীয় তথ্য ‘ফাঁস’!
1 May 2017
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(Updated) Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar Numbers with sensitive personal financial informationSince its inception in 2009, the Aadhaar project has been shrouded in controversy due to various questions raised about privacy, technological issues, welfare exclusion, and security concerns. In this study, we document numerous instances …
28 Apr 2017
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Analysis: Data Protection in India - Getting It RightIndian Government Plans Ambitious Data Protection Legislation Rollout by October
27 Apr 2017
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Now, Aadhaar details displayed in Mizoram tooContrary to the Centre’s assurances, government websites are revealing digital details of the poor, leaving them vulnerable to financial frauds and identity theft.
22 Apr 2017
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Aadhaar: A widening netAs India makes Aadhaar compulsory for a range of services, concerns about potential data breaches remain more than six years after the govt started building the world’s largest biometric identification system.
19 Apr 2017
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11th Meeting of Information Systems Security Sectional Committee (LITD 17)Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at this meeting organized by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) at Manak Bhavan, New Delhi on April 13, 2017.
12 Apr 2017
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Opposition questions govt move to make Aadhaar mustCongress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed that the Aadhaar system was becoming an instrument of social exclusion rather than one of identity.
11 Apr 2017
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Privacy in the Age of Big DataPersonal data is freely accessible, shared and even sold, and those to whom this information belongs have little control over its flow.
7 Apr 2017
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Right to be Forgotten: A Tale of Two JudgementsIn the last few months, there have been contrasting judgments from two Indian high courts, Karnataka and Gujarat, on matters relating to the right to be forgotten. The two high courts heard pleas on issues to do the right of individuals to …
7 Apr 2017
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Privacy, what? Bengaluru police leaks 46,000 phone numbers on TwitterBengaluru police made the biggest goof up of all time by releasing private information of people who called 100 to complain since April 2015 and was seemingly unapologetic about the breach of privacy.
7 Apr 2017
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India’s National ID Program May Be Turning The Country Into A Surveillance StateFor seven years, India’s government has been scanning the irises and fingerprints of its citizens into a massive database. The once voluntary program was intended to fix the country’s corrupt welfare schemes, but critics worry about its …
7 Apr 2017
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Bengaluru cops' twitter handle in ethical stormThe city's privacy activists are among the most strident in trying to prevent the Union government from gaining unprecedented access to citizens' personal information through Aadhaar. But in their own backyard, Bengaluru police have been …
4 Apr 2017
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Get an Aadhaar card if you don't have oneThe Aadhaar number has been made compulsory for filing tax return. With both the government and private parties insisting on it for various activities despite the Supreme Court's assertion that is not mandatory, you need to get one at the …
4 Apr 2017
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Aadhaar marks a fundamental shift in citizen-state relations: From ‘We the People’ to ‘We the Government’Your fingerprints, iris scans, details of where you shop. Compulsory Aadhaar means all this data is out there. And it’s still not clear who can view or use it.
3 Apr 2017
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The Aadhaar of all thingsFrom a severely critical stand against Aadhaar in 2014, the Modi-led BJP in power has made a sharp U-turn to bulldoze its way into having every Indian scanned, tagged and labelled. A timeline of the country’s chequered date with the unique …
31 Mar 2017
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It’s the technology, stupidEleven reasons why the Aadhaar is not just non-smart but also insecure.
31 Mar 2017
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How Aadhaar compromises privacy? And how to fix it?Aadhaar is mass surveillance technology. Unlike targeted surveillance which is a good thing, and essential for national security and public order – mass surveillance undermines security. And while biometrics is appropriate for targeted …
31 Mar 2017
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Analysis of Key Provisions of the Aadhaar Act RegulationsIn exercise of their powers under of the powers conferred by Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, (Aadhaar Act) the UIDAI has come out with a set of five regulations in late 2016 …
29 Mar 2017
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क्या आधार पर जल्दबाज़ी में है सरकार?Amber Sinha took part in a discussion on Aadhaar aired by NDTV on March 27, 2017.
29 Mar 2017
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IDRC - Open Development Book - Authors' WorkshopSumandro Chattapadhyay participated in the authors' workshop organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the University of Cape Town in South Africa on March 11 …
28 Mar 2017
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India’s biometric ID scans make sci-fi a realityI have been thinking about my fingerprints and the secrets that may lie within my eyes — and whether I want to share them with the Indian government. I may not however have a choice.
27 Mar 2017
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Why We Should All Worry About The Mandatory Imposition Of AadhaarIt appears that with each passing day, the government is linking an increasing number of benefits and government services to the 12-digit biometric-based Aadhaar number for Indians, despite growing concerns around its data privacy and …
27 Mar 2017
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Round Table on Privacy and Data Protection at NIPFPNational Institute of Public Finance & Policy organized a round-table on privacy and data protection on March 24, 2017 in New Delhi.