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Why Aadhaar data is not safe despite the protection of '13-feet high walls'

The Aadhaar program has the biometric data -- iris, fingerprint and photographs -- of over a billion Indians and is key to Modi's 'Digital India' plans

Govt defends in Supreme Court its decision on Aadhaar linking with mobiles

SC said the government had misinterpreted its order and used it as a "tool" to make Aadhaar mandatory for mobile users

The subversion of Aadhaar

One thing's become clear during the SC hearings: the government has over-reached massively, and deceived the people of India

Why does UIDAI need to collect meta data of citizens, asks Supreme Court

Meta data is a set of data that describes and gives information about other data

Aadhaar, PAN cards mandatory for opening bank accounts, says RBI

IBA to list problems in implementation next week

Aadhaar-welfare schemes linking extended by 3 months; here's how to do it

CBDT on Tuesday extended the last date for linking of Aadhaar with Permanent Account Number (PAN) from March 31, 2018, to June 30, 2018

Aadhaar is for empowerment, not Big Brother: UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey

'In order for somebody to do Big Brother kind of a job, one has to collect lots of data and Aadhaar collects very minimal data', he said

Aadhaar can do little to stop bank frauds: Supreme Court slams Centre

The Central government has made it mandatory for all financial institutions, including banks, to verify and link Aadhaar of the customers with their accounts

CVC to check PAN and Aadhaar routes to detect bureaucratic corruption

Central Vigilance Commission said CBI and other investigating agencies earlier did not have easy access to such data

Aadhaar security flaw can give access to data without OTP: Ethical hacker

Facial recognition for the sole purpose of authentication-where consent is given-should be completely fine, but only as long as it is not used for clandestine surveillance, says Karan Saini

Fudging Aadhaar

The SC interim order on Aadhaar implies that Aadhaar will be voluntary for the rich while being mandatory for the poor to access welfare schemes that are critical for survival

Aadhaar-PAN linking deadline extended to June 30; what you must know

Earlier deadlines for linking Aadhaar with PAN were July 31, August 31 and Dec 31, 2017, with the last being March 31 this year

Aadhaar, banking data leaked? UIDAI trashes reports: Top 10 developments

UIDAI, the nodal agency implementing the Aadhaar project, had earlier this week assured the Supreme Court that it was near to impossible to break the Aadhaar encryption

Universe's strength needed to break Aadhaar encryption: CEO to SC; updates

Aadhaar would include face ID besides the fingerprints and iris for authentication from July 1, said UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Identity theft is the biggest threat from Aadhaar, says Robert Baptiste

The biggest issue is with third party companies collecting Aadhaar data. Aadhaar numbers are spread among companies, some of which have poor security

The Aadhaar boomerang: How the emerging regime could hurt the BJP govt

With the BJP being in power both in Centre and most of the states, who do you think will face the voter's ire if Aadhaar-linked subsidies don't reach the beneficiaries?

No deadline for linking Aadhaar card to services says SC: Top developments

For now, you can safely ignore persistent messages from telecom service providers and banks to link your Aadhaar to your phone number and account

SC extends deadline for linking Aadhaar to phones, bank accounts

No relief for those availing government subsidies, benefits

Smarter than Aadhaar: Govt's insistence on disruptive option is bewildering

Last-mile authentication with Aadhaar seems to have the worst record among other options available to check PDS pilferage. So the Centre's insistence on that option is bewildering to say the least

166 mn PAN, 877 mn bank accounts linked to Aadhaar: Govt informs Parliament

Aadhaar linking with income-tax permanent account number or PAN has also been made mandatory