No security breach of Aadhaar database, existing security controls are robust, says UIDAI

The Unique Identification Authority of India was responding to a plea seeking damages in the wake of several data breaches from the Aadhaar system.

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· Feb 14, 2019 · 09:54 pm

Aadhaar: SBI officials allege data misused, UIDAI says database is ‘fully secure’

The bank has claimed there must be a loophole in UIDAI’s security system that allowed operators to generate Aadhaar cards using fraudulent documents.

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· Jan 29, 2019 · 05:41 pm

Lok Sabha passes amendments to make Aadhaar voluntary for phones and banking

The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill proposed to amend three laws to comply with a Supreme Court judgement passed in September.

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· Jan 04, 2019 · 06:33 pm

Aadhaar Act amendments let private firms resume use of biometric ID, sustain arbitrary surveillance

There is no doubt the Indian government is trying to use the Supreme Court’s judgement to once again expand the scope of the unique identity project.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Jan 04, 2019 · 06:30 am

Aadhaar Act: Jairam Ramesh moves Supreme Court challenging passage of law as Money Bill

The Congress leader called it a ‘brazen and mala fide attempt to bypass the approval of the Rajya Sabha’.

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· Dec 26, 2018 · 09:44 am

Aadhaar case: Review petition filed against Supreme Court verdict upholding validity of scheme

The petitioner said the plea challenges only those aspects of the Aadhaar Act and programme that the judgement had held as constitutionally valid.

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· Dec 24, 2018 · 08:16 pm

Linking voter IDs with Aadhaar: Plea in Madras High Court revives concerns about privacy, consent

Supreme Court’s ruling in September did not specifically prohibit voter ID-Aadhaar seeding.

Abhishek Dey

· Nov 06, 2018 · 06:30 am

Government asks telecom companies to adhere to SC order, stop using Aadhaar eKYC to verify users

The Department of Telecom asked the service providers to submit a compliance report by November 5.

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· Oct 26, 2018 · 11:02 pm

Aadhaar-linked mobile numbers will not be disconnected after Supreme Court order, says UIDAI

The Aadhaar authority said news reports warning of SIM cards being disconnected are untrue and ‘create unnecessary panic’.

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· Oct 18, 2018 · 12:57 pm

How to delink Aadhaar from phone numbers? Telecom firms have until October 15 to explain

The Supreme Court has prohibited private entities from using the biometric identity number and ordered that it be delinked from phone numbers.

Kanishk Karan

· Oct 03, 2018 · 07:00 pm

For Meghalaya group who believe Aadhaar is coercive, fight to opt out continues

The Meghalaya Peoples Committee on Aadhaar contends that the Supreme Court’s judgement on the biometric identity project provides only ‘partial relief’.

Arunabh Saikia

· Sep 29, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Aadhaar: Private firms hope Parliament will introduce law relaxing curbs on data use, says report

Several private entities use the unique identity card-based e-Know Your Customer process to verify their clients and add them to their database.

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· Sep 27, 2018 · 12:45 pm