12695 - Aadhaar Articles dated 19th January 2018

	Sharing biometrics unsafe: Aadhaar opponents argued in Supreme Court Economic Times Sharing biometrics unsafe: Aadhaar opponents argued in Supreme Court. By. Samanwaya Rautray. , ET Bureau|. Jan 18, 2018, 11.36 PM ... UIDAI blacklisted some 34,000 operators for issuing false cards. "What happens if you lose your Aadhaar, or it is not accepted or it can't be accessed," he asked. Even Dhoni's UID details public, list privacy safeguards, says SC - Times of India Aadhaar: Petitioners challenge process of gathering personal info - Livemint Aadhaar contradicts the role of the state, say petitioners challenging scheme - The Hindu
	Aadhaar: Will face recognition, Virtual ID really add security checks? Hindu Business Line Even as the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) proposes to introduce Virtual ID and face recognition as extra layers of security in Aadhaar cards, along with biometric detail including finger-printing and iris identification, questions have been raised about the efficacy of these fresh moves in ...
	BMC doctor booked in Aadhaar case The Hindu An Assistant Professor of Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) was booked by the Yeshwantpur police for endorsing documents for people seeking Aadhaar cards without verifying them. The accused, Dr. Ramamurthy M.B., is the third government doctor to be booked in the last ...
	A curious case of Aadhaar confusion The Hindu Recently, officials at the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) were thrown into a tizzy over a curious case. Mallikarjun Gurikar, 26, from Kembhavi in Yadgir district claimed that he had failed to get an Aadhaar number even after nearly 30 attempts across several enrolment centres over six years. Aadhaar Security: The Emperor Has No Clothes - NewsClick
	Aadhaar Adalats prove a boon for rural residents The Hindu A woman in her early 50s had been struggling to get widow's pension for some time. The reason: she was unable to provide her Aadhaar number after it was made mandatory for claiming the pension. She had enrolled for Aadhaar in 2012 but could not remember the number. Nor could she enrol again.
	Aadhaar-Enabled Starvation in Narendra Modi's 'New India' The Wire Ruplal Marandi of Deoghar did not get ration for two months as he was unable to authenticate his fingerprints at the electronic point-of-sale (PoS) machine (for Aadhaar-based biometric authentication). Garhwa's Premani Kunwar succumbed to starvation after she was denied her ration for two months.
	A case for Aadhaar The Hindu In this country, any cynical portrayal of the government is readily embraced and we all suffer from a “I don't know what this new development really is, but it is dangerous” syndrome (“Can govt. mandate sharing of biometric data, asks SC”, Jan. 18). When someone says Aadhaar is an invasion of privacy, ...
	Identify and enroll citizens without documents to Aadhaar: Ministry to Panchayats MediaNama.com This last bit becomes significant, because while the UIDAI retains limited information about Aadhaar holders, the SRDHs (State Resident Data Hubs), which currently operate completely outside the laws and in contravention of the Aadhaar Act that prohibits storing Aadhaar data, are known to maintain ...
	Transparency in Governance: Telangana to Make Aadhaar Mandatory for Land Deals The Better India The process will be made transparent and accountable using Aadhaar reported the Times of India. Under the system, both the buyer and seller will have to make appointments at the registration authority and be physically present on the decided day. The monetary exchange has to completed by that ...
	Aadhaar must to access LIC policy The Hindu Principal among such insurers is the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), whose newly designed web portal requires mandatory registration of policy holders' Aadhaar details to even access their own policy pages. It also seems to be the first instance of its kind when access to a web page is denied ...
	Insider Leaks Biggest Threat to Aadhaar Data Protection: IIT Profs News18 The IIT professors are of the notion that criticism around Aadhaar is essential. Banerjee said, “Dissent and debate are essential for working out effective solutions and critics and the civil society have done a great job in pointing out the exclusion and disruption that Aadhaar has caused. It would only put a ... I have sleepless nights over these hacking threats to Aadhaar system: UIDAI CEO - ThePrint
	Constitutional Validity of Aadhaar, Day 2 MediaNama.com The second day of proceedings in the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Aadhaar began with Advocate Shyam Divan presenting diagrams showing the distinction between deterministic and probabilistic methods of identification and the moments of enrolment and the moments of authentication. Aadhaar opponents argue that sharing biometric information with third parties is unsafe - Firstpost What is wrong with sharing address proof with govt: SC on Aadhaar petition - The Asian Age Nothing voluntary in Aadhaar, Supreme Court told - Free Press Journal
	Aadhaar matter: Petitioners raise three issues before SC ANI News Earlier on Wednesday, Divan argued that the Aadhaar Card may cause the death of citizens' civil rights. The senior lawyer told the bench that a people's Constitution was being converted into a state's Constitution, adding that it was incorrect to take people's biometric data for Aadhaar Card. Since the ... QBullet: Aadhaar Case in Final Lap; Togadia Cries Foul Play - The Quint No Legal Framework For Biometric Data Collected Before Aadhaar Act, Petitioners Argue - BloombergQuint
	Telecom Operator Deactivates UIDAI Project Director's SIM For Not Linking It To Aadhaar Outlook India After bombarding customers with messages to link their SIM cards with Aadhaar, a telecom major in Bengaluru has been accused of deactivating a man's SIM card under the guise of not linking it to his Aadhaar card. Interestingly, the consumer, Prabhakar HL, is the project director for Aadhaar (UID) in ... That awkward moment when senior UIDAI official's SIM card is deactivated for 'non linking' with ... - DailyO
	Compulsion of Aadhaar spells trouble for parents and students during admission process Times of India With an exception of a few schools, where the admissions happen without an immediate need of the card and on the condition to procure one within a stipulated time period, most institutes in the city have stringent rules for producing Aadhaar card during the admission process. Owing to lack of ...
	Aadhaar services limping back to normalcy Times of India The services of Aadhaar enrolment centers were partially affected on Monday evening with all centers being closed on Tuesday due to the technical glitches. "There was a technical update required for the process that is being carried out on every machine. Since every machine takes not less than 30 to ...