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Customers defrauded at 4 PSBs through Aadhaar-based authentication misuse

The banks - Allahabad Bank, Bank of India, Syndicate Bank, and UCO Bank - recently reported the matter to the Union government

No plan to make Aadhaar mandatory for electoral bonds scheme: Govt

The government had notified the scheme on January 2

Two held for diverting subsidised grains using Aadhaar data, fake software

The arrested duo, he said, used a duplicate software and obtained a data bank of beneficiaries from an unknown source

Aadhaar is fully safe, data selling report completely false, says Prasad

The report had said that Aadhaar details of thousands of people could be accessed by paying Rs 500 to a private person

Aadhaar a tool to empower poor, no evidence of data breach: Mohandas Pai

Delhi Police had earlier registered an FIR based on a complaint by UIDAI over reporting of alleged Aadhaar data breach

SC says no to RS MP's plea seeking merger of voter ID with Aadhaar

A five-judge constitution bench is hearing a clutch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar

Aadhaar linking to eliminate multiple provident fund accounts: Official

Since July 1 2017, Universal Account No (UAN) generation requires mandatory Aadhaar seeding, bank details and mobile number

Aadhaar electronic mesh, will turn India into surveillance state, SC told

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court started hearing on Wednesday a legal challenge to the validity of the Aadhaar citizen identification programme, devised in 2009 and extended since to almost every financial transaction. Though SC benches had ordered that no citizen was to suffer for not having the identity card, central and state governments have been stretching its scope even to mid-day meals in schools. The bench was formed in the backdrop of a controversy among the judges, some of whom have alleged that seniors have been sidelined while selecting those who would hear high constitutional issues. The present bench constituted by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also has judges A K Sikri, A M Khanwilker, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan. They have at least six momentous cases before them, including homsexual rights, women's access to the Kerala's famed Sabarimala temple and Parsi women's equality with men in their community. The four seniormost (after the ..

Fixing Aadhaar bugs: Putting a finger on the biometric problem

Ensure that Aadhaar enrolment centres are accessible to the elderly and wheelchair users; train the staff to be more sensitive to differently-abled people

UIDAI allows face recognition for Aadhaar authentication from July 1

UIDAI move to give relief to those facing problems in biometric authentication

Forget Aadhaar, your phone can reveal all your private details to hackers

From your fingerprint to most private images and financial info - all your privacy is under constant threat

The fate of Aadhaar, which threatens to 'spill everyone's wine and cheese'

The incredible slightness of being

UIDAI introduces 16-digit 'Virtual ID', limited KYC for Aadhaar holders

Seen as dual move to address privacy and security concerns over sharing of Aadhaar details

Concerned about data security? Wait till March for linking Aadhaar

Virtual ID and limited KYC will address your concerns over data leakage

Fixing Aadhaar: Security developers' task is to trim chances of data breach

The task before a security developer is not only to reduce the probability of identity breach but to eliminate certain occurrences

Aadhaar could be a single target for cyber criminals: RBI researchers

A recent investigation alleged that unrestricted access to details of over one billion Aadhaar numbers can be purchased at as little as Rs 500

Don't shoot the messenger

UIDAI must review its security set-up

It's 2018 and into the bin the Aadhaar must go

It's hurting the people, violating their fundamental rights, including the right to privacy and the right to life, and it's absurd

A breach of data confidence

Given the UIDAI's lackadaisical attitude to security, who knows if it will be fixed?

50,000 Aadhaar enrolment operators suspended for violating process: Govt

The erroneous enrolments are rejected during quality checks, and, as a result, Aadhaar is not generated in respect of such enrolments