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RTI activists demand transparency from Committee Looking Into Data Protection Framework

After being denied information requested through an RTI, activists have written to panel chairperson Justice B.B. Srikrishna demanding access to details on meetings held. The National Campaign for Peoples’ Right to Information (NCPRI) has written to Justice Srikrishna expressing concern about the lack of information in the public domain about… Continue Reading →

India – #AadhaarFail- Dirty Secret Is Out, Anyone Can Be Added as a Data Admin #WTFnews

  The Quint‘s investigation reveals glaring loopholes in the security setup of the Aadhaar portal.(Photo: Saumya Pankaj/The Quint) MEGHNAD BOSE If you think your Aadhaar data is only in the hands of those authorised to access the official Aadhaar database,… Continue Reading →

India – Rs 500, 10 minutes, and you have access to billion #Aadhaar details

Group tapping UIDAI data may have sold access to 1 lakh service providers . Rachna Khaira Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 3 It was only last November that the UIDAI asserted that “Aadhaar data is fully safe and secure and… Continue Reading →

India – Why #Aadhaar anger is not without Aadhaar

YEAR OF THE NUMBER While the dominant memory of 2016 was running for cash, this year was spent chasing, or being chased by, both public and private service providers who wanted you to link to Aadhaar or else… The dire… Continue Reading →

India – 14 year-old Idiya with Marfan Syndrome, a genetic disorder opposes #Aadhaar

Her disease to affect fingerprint, so she opposes Aadhaar HIGHLIGHTS Idiya suffers from Marfan Syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting connective tissues The disorder, in certain cases, leads to illegible fingerprints, making the complainant ineligible for benefits under Aadhaar Idiya Pal… Continue Reading →

Former Karnataka HC Judge Justice Anand Byrareddy Joins Challenge Against #Aadhaar

BY: APOORVA MANDHANI… Former Karnataka High Court Judge, Justice Anand Byrareddy has filed an Impleadment Application before the Supreme Court challenging the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016. . Another… Continue Reading →

Use Aadhaar to mark attendance from Jan 1 or face pay cut, EDMC tells staff   #WTFnews

AlokKNMishra|  (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The east corporation has decided to mark all its employeesabsent and deduct their salaries from January 1 if they do not use the last six digits of their Aadhaar numbers and fingerprints to register their attendance. The civic body has distributed Aadhaar-verified biometric attendance machines among supervisors for recording… Continue Reading →

Rift over Aadhaar comes to the fore at Parl panel meet

Mohua.Chatterjee @timesgroup.com New Delhi:The Aadhaar divide between the government and opposition parties showed up at the meeting of the parliamentary standing committee for home affairs on Wednesday, prompting six of its 13 members from the ruling BJP to write to panel… Continue Reading →

Facebook Confirms Aadhaar Prompt Test for New Users, Says It Isn’t Mandatory #WTFnews

  Jagmeet Singh, 27 December 2017 HIGHLIGHTS Facebook asks users to enter name appears on their Aadhaar card The new testing is limited to small group of users with mobile devices It doesn’t make it mandatory to have an Aadhaar card for… Continue Reading →

India – Unanswered questions on Jharkhand’s starvation death due to fragile Aadhaar-bank integration system

A 64-year old widow, Premani Kunwar, died of hunger and exhaustion on 1 December in Danda Block of Garhwa district (Jharkhand). Till September 2017, she received her old age pension in her State Bank of India (SBI) account in Danda branch…. Continue Reading →

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