New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Terming the Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar a breath of fresh air for Indian citizens, cyber law experts on Wednesday said a completely new regime has to be put in place to protect the Aadhaar data that is lying with private companies. Stating that private[Read More…]
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Google confirms its role in the UIDAI controversy
Putting at rest to all the controversies that erupted amid auto-saved Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) toll-free helpline number to thousands of Indian smartphone users Google has taken the responsibility and has assured to fix the issue in the next few weeks. On Friday thousands of smartphone users were[Read More…]
Aadhaar data fully safe, no breach possible, claims UIDAI
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Thursday denied breach or leak of Aadhaar data after a newspaper reported it bought unrestricted access to the details of over one billion Aadhaar numbers — for just Rs 500. “The Aadhaar data, including biometric information, is fully safe and secure,” the authority[Read More…]
US intelligence agency CIA may have access to India’s Aadhaar data, suggests WikiLeaks
A report by WikiLeaks hinted that United States’ top intelligence agency, the CIA has technology to access the biometric data through veiled operations conducted across the world. The office of technical services which is a branch within the CIA has a biometric collection system. It liaison services around the world[Read More…]
Aadhaar data has foolproof security, govt says to parliamentary panel
The government has assured a parliamentary panel that Aadhaar data has foolproof security. The assurance came while parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, led by P Chidambaram, was given a presentation on privacy concerns of Aadhaar data. The presentation was given by officials from the Unique Identification Authority of India[Read More…]