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Biometrics programs for the developing world could put data in the wrong hands #Aadhaar #UID

Privacy for the Other 5 Billion Western-backed biometrics programs for the developing world could put data in the wrong hands. By Kevin P. Donovan and Carly Nyst Posted Friday, May 17, 2013, at 11:51 AM An Indian villager looks at an iris scanner… Continue Reading →

#India – #Aadhaar private ownership of UID data – Part II

  USHA RAMANATHAN | 30/04/2013 , Moneylife.com   Those enrolling on the UID database have not been informed that their data is to yield profit for the UIDAI, Rs288.15 crore a year and its only investor, the government, does not even own the data…. Continue Reading →

#India – Aadhaar: Private ownership of UID data- Part I

 USHA RAMANATHAN | 29/04/2013 ,Moneylife.com     As per the report of the TAG-UP Committee headed by Nandan Nilekani,government data and databases would be privatised through the creation of NIUs, which will then ‘own’ the data and the government would become a ‘customer’ to whoever… Continue Reading →

The #Aadhaar registration mess and agony of citizens in Maharashtra #UID

  MONEYLIFE DIGITAL TEAM | 25/04/2013 03:52 PM |    Euro Finmart carried out enrolment work for Aadhaar number at a housing society in Mumbai. Oriental Bank of Commerce, which appointed the agency, said the work was illegal. Finally after a call to the OBC CMD’s… Continue Reading →

Parliamentary Panel asks govt for fresh law to give legality to UIDAI #Aadhaar #UID

  By PTI | 22 Apr, 2013,       NEW DELHI: Concerned over the functioning of UIDAI in its current form, a Parliamentary Panel today asked the government to come out with a fresh legislation to provide legality to… Continue Reading →

Maharshtra – Aadhaar centres to function only on govt premises #UID

  Bhavika Jain, TNN | Apr 21, 2013, 02.02 AM IST   MUMBAI: The state government has now said that no Unique Identification (UID) card enrolment centres will be allowed on private premises, like housing societies or offices, because there are too… Continue Reading →

#India – Why is #Aadhaar being shoved down our throats? #UID

  Why is Aadhaar being shoved down our throats?   by R Jagannathan Apr 15, 2013   Electoral logic is driving the UPA towards a patent illegality: forcing people to part with sensitive private information such as biometric data or finger-prints without… Continue Reading →

#India- Do you know why #Aadhaar – #UID is NOT compulsory #mustread

  Ram Krishnaswamy APRIL 15, 2013 This is a guest post by Ram Krishnaswamy For the last three years activists opposing Aadhaar/UID have argued that it can lead to communal targeting, can aid illegal migrants, can invade privacy, is unconstitutional, does not… Continue Reading →

Identity crisis on cards as crunch hits #Aadhaar #UID

Vaivasvat Venkat, TNN | Apr 12, 2013, 04.47 AM IST LUDHIANA: Getting an Aadhar card made has become a problem for many residents in the city as most of them are not even aware of the centres where these Aadhar… Continue Reading →

#India – The Aadhaar Card – How Safe Is YOUR Data? #UID #privacy

Thursday, Apr 11, 2013, Berges Malu  , DNA , April 11, 2013 Applying for an Aadhar Card is a privacy nightmare.           The need for me to have an Aadhar card continues to have me flummoxed…. Continue Reading →

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