Tag Biometrics
By- Sushrut Mane A)What kind of technology is it? Aadhaar collects the demographic as well as biometric data of whoever who has it. Section 33 of the Aadhaar Act ensures that under the guise of “national security”, the government can… Continue Reading →
‘जिसका आधार नंबर और एड्रेस नहीं है हम उसे कहीं भी ख़तम कर सकते हैं’ ‘एक अभियान चल रहा है घेरो और मारो’ Sub Inspector threatens activist Shabnam Hashmi New Delhi – Shabnam Hashmi who is a founder trustee of… Continue Reading →
ALOYSIUS XAVIER LOPEZ The HinduUsha Ramanathan, an expert on law and poverty with students at the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai on Thursday. Photo: K. V. Srinivasan “In India, we have no idea if biometrics will work or not”… Continue Reading →
By Arun Jaitley In the past few months I have been closely monitoring a series of news reports which deal with surveillance of my mobile phones. An effort has been made to get access to my call detail records. On… Continue Reading →
Sonu Sindhu Move over, mobile phones. There’s a new technological fix for poverty: biometric identification. Speaking at the World Bank on April 24, Nandan Nilekani, director of India’s universal identification scheme, promised that the project will be “transformational.” It “uses… Continue Reading →
By Gopal Krishna To Shri Rajnath Singh Union Minister for Home Affairs Government of India New Delhi Subject-Biometric NPR makes Indians worse than prisoners, violates Citizenship Act, Census Act and constitutional rights Sir, This is with reference to the… Continue Reading →
Opposed by Narendra Modi, Biometric National Population Register (NPR) is aadhaar by another name How Rajnath Singh is wrong about Biometric NPR and the Prime Minister is right No lessons being learnt from misuse of electoral database and… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Usha Ramanathan This contribution is published as part of the UNRISD resource platform for practitioners and policy makers Linking Social Protection and Human Rights. This part of the platform is a collection of expert contributions and commentary from advocates, practitioners, policy… Continue Reading →
Questions about the security of India‘s giant biometric database continue to be raised by privacy advocates By Mahima Kaul / 11 April, 2014 (Image: Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock) Established in 2009 by executive order, the Unique Identification Number Authority of India… Continue Reading →
By Express News Service – BANGALORE Published: 07th April 2014 08:34 AM As the battle for the Lok Sabha elections intensifies, the fight against the UPA government’s pet Aadhaar project found support on Sunday as a group of academicians… Continue Reading →