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View photos How many steps does it take to get access to thousands of Aadhaar numbers of citizens? Step 1: Google ‘aadhar.jpg’ That’s it. In a major breach of privacy and data protection, private entities of various kinds, educational, non-profit… Continue Reading →
HC shaken by Aadhaar tests leading to thefts Abhinav Garg | TNN | NEW DELHI: A “major loophole” that allowed misuse of Aadhaar authentication system to access LIC policies has been identified by Delhi high court as a cause of… Continue Reading →
By NUSRAT SIDIQ on August 11, 2018No Comment Srinagar: Hearing a contempt petition, the J&K High Court on Friday directed the state Chief Secretary to file response on why an order has been issued directing employees to link their Aadhar cards with biometric… Continue Reading →
A man’s retina is scanned as he enrolls in Aadhaar, India’s national identification system, in Kolkata, India. (Bikas Das/AP) By Reetika KheraAugust 9 at 1:45 PM Reetika Khera is a development economist. AHMEDABAD, India — Until recently, India’s national identification system,… Continue Reading →
By Pooja Chaudhuri – “Fake Aadhaar available…Ib [Inbox] for deal,” reads one of the posts on a Facebook group “Help for Friends – Advertising Deals” or as its over 7,000 members call it “HFF”. HFF is a secret group and does not… Continue Reading →
ANUPAM SARAPH In an India where every government document had to be attested by a gazetted officer, the pendulum has swung to the other extreme. TRAI chairman R. S. Sharma Instead of examining the harm caused to the country by… Continue Reading →
The poor are the guinea pigs for immature financial technologies Jean Drèze Vimla Devi is a poor widow who lives in Kodakel village of Khunti district in Jharkhand. In a short video circulated recently on Twitter, she explains how she… Continue Reading →
UIDAI’s Aadhaar Helpline Number Is Getting Mysteriously Added To Your Contact List And Nobody Knows How The UIDAI recently changed its helpline number recently. (Representational) NEW DELHI: HIGHLIGHTS The new number has been pushed into people’s phone books On Twitter,… Continue Reading →
By- Shubha Mudgal Yet another Aadhaar story and this time it involves the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal or ABGMV, with its self-proclaimed mission of working “for the promotion and propagation of Indian Classical Music and Dances with its main… Continue Reading →
By ARSHU JOHN | VIPIN KUMAR / HINDUSTAN TIMES / GETTY IMAGES The Srikrishna committee appears to have used its mandate to formulate India’s foremost law on privacy and the protection of sensitive personal data as an opportunity to further insulate the… Continue Reading →