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Aadhaar hearing: Entire Aadhaar project is beyond the stated objectives of Aadhaar Act, argue petitioners

The issues raised included that the entire Aadhaar project is beyond the Act’s objectives, the excessive data collection under KYR+ and State Resident Data Hubs (SRDHs),

Aadhaar hearing: Lack of governmental ownership of CIDR’s source code can have serious consequences

Lacking ownership over this critical infrastructure can have serious consequences. One such consequence is that this affects the ability of the government to declare it as a ‘protected system’, a crucial factor for ensuring the safety of the CIDR.

Aadhaar Virtual ID is a proactive move to fix privacy holes but might be useless without critical updates

Virtual ID is a welcome acknowledgment of the privacy and security issues with Aadhaar, as opposed to the UIDAI’s characteristic denial of privacy.

Aadhaar data breach: UIDAI must address privacy concerns urgently; simply denying leak not enough

Asserting the technical security of the Aadhaar card and the safety of the biometric data alone as a response to privacy allegations is not enough.

Understanding the Data Protection White Paper Part X: Governing diverse industries through a co-regulatory approach

Is the co-regulatory approach appropriate for India? What about other models like self-regulation and ‘command and control’?