12889 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 8th February 2018

	Vulnerability of personal data for Aadhaar violation of rights, Supreme Court told Economic Times NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that vulnerability of citizens' demographic and biometric data collected under Aadhaar to leaks is ... "Vulnerability (of personal data collected under Aadhaar to leaks) is violation of rights," senior counsel Kapil Sibal told the five judge constitution ... Centre set to link driving licence with Aadhaar - The Hindu What is wrong with 'one-nation, one-identity': SC asks WB government - Economic Times "What is wrong in one identity for one nation? We are all Indians," says SC judge - The Hindu
	How To Get Aadhaar Card Number (UID) For Your Child NDTV Aadhaar, the 12-digit unique identity number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), is also required for children. Aadhaar card is an essential identity card that is now required to be linked with multiple facilities like provident funds, bank accounts, permanent account numbers, ... COMMENT- Aadhaar does not identify; it merely authenticates. That's an important difference - Moneycontrol.com Rubber Thumb Used in Surat to Alter Aadhaar Data For Just Rs 300 - The Quint Here's why you shouldn't use plastic or laminated Aadhaar cards - NewsBytes
	Aadhaar's $11-bn question: The numbers being touted by govt have no solid basis Economic Times Another recent example concerns the widely-quoted estimate of $11 billion annual savings (or potential savings) due to Aadhaar. The original source of this estimate is the Bank's World Development Report 2016. On page 195, the report mentions that many subsidies in India "are being converted to ...
	No Aadhaar card, no pension for those in UP's old age homes Economic Times BAREILLY / MEERUT: Many of us might think that our lives can continue as usual since there is more than a month left to link Aadhaar with various financial accounts and documents. But did you know that there has been an increasing number of cases were people have been denied basic benefits ... Without Aadhaar cards, hundreds of inmates at UP's old age homes denied pension - Times of India
	No breach of Aadhaar data, minister tells House Times of India NEW DELHI: Allaying members' fear over security of Aadhaar data, Union IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said in Lok Sabha that there has been no ... The minister, however, said no one will be denied government benefits due to absence of Aadhaar as other options are also available.
	Five Aadhaar developments from just the past week that should disturb you Scroll.in Even as the Supreme Court hears challenges to the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, news about the various weaknesses of the Indian government's project to give every Indian a 12-digit biometrics-linked unique identity continues to surface. Over the past week alone, there has been a disturbing case ... Aadhaar and India's unique identity crisis - Asia Times Aadhaar Card: How To Change Address, Mobile Number - NDTV Keep it simple: Aadhaar becoming a monetising or monitoring tool violates its original promise - Times of India (blog)
	From 1 March, only registered devices to be used to authenticate Aadhaar Livemint The initial deadline to upgrade these devices was 1 June 2017, but it has been extended several times. The latest is the sixth extension. The UIDAI wants the biometric devices registered with the Aadhaar system for encryption key management. The Aadhaar authentication server can individually identify ...
	PML rules: BSE asks MF investors to submit PAN, Aadhaar by March Moneycontrol.com To ensure compliance with anti-money laundering rules, leading stock exchange BSE today asked mutual fund investors to submit PAN and Aadhaar by March 31, 2018, failing which their folios would be closed. This follows the government's amending in June the Prevention of Money Laundering ...
	Congress crying foul because we made Aadhaar scheme better: PM Modi Moneycontrol.com Initially envisaged by the Congress alliance, when it was in power, as means to provide a subsidy to the poor and prevent benefit leakage, Aadhaar has since become a sort of default identity with the BJP government linking it to everything from PAN cards to mobile SIM cards and bank accounts.
	Police fail to identify woman through Aadhaar The Hindu An attempt by the police to identify the pregnant woman who was found butchered, has failed. A police officer associated with the investigation said they tried to identify her using her fingerprints that can be found in the Aadhaar database. But they couldn't get her fingerprints as they were erased due to ...
	Government admits that Aadhaar numbers of customers were used for fraudulent withdrawal of ... Firstpost While two cases of fraudulent mapping of Aadhaar numbers were reported in Bank of India involving a sum of Rs 1.37 crore, another two cases surfaced in Syndicate Bank involving Rs 2.26 lakh. In both cases surfacing in the Bank of India, the government said fraudulent mapping of Aadhaar numbers ...
	Ex-govt employee gets Aadhaar-bank account link call, loses Rs 1.1 lakh Times of India Baljeet Singh, 69, a retired government employee, told police he received a call from an unknown person claiming himself to be an official of UIDAI, the agency responsible for issuing Aadhaar cards. "He asked me to give details of necessary documents to verify his Aadhaar has got linked with his bank ...
	Customers defrauded at 4 PSBs through Aadhaar-based authentication misuse Business Standard The staff of four public sector banks (PSBs) has been alleged to have salted away depositors' money by misusing the latter's Aadhaar-based authentication. The banks — Allahabad Bank, Bank of India, Syndicate Bank, and UCO Bank – recently reported the matter to the Union government, complaining ...
	5 Questions: People with Aadhaar should have the choice to opt out, says Tathagata Satpathy The Indian Express You spoke on Aadhaar Wednesday. What are your concerns? My concerns are that privacy is going to be a major issue in future… The Supreme Court judgment is an indication. We are damaging our own future through Aadhaar. It is an unending process. Kids will be born, they will need Aadhaar.
	HMDA places Aadhaar hurdle for whistleblowers Times of India Security researcher Srinivas Kodali told TOI, "For seeking Aadhaar, a notification has to be issued by the agency. However, HMDA did not issue any notification for using Aadhaar for the complaints. Earlier, the Telangana police department was asking for Aadhaar number and OTP for online viewing of ...
	Biometrics: The Big Gaping Hole At The Heart Of Aadhaar NewsClick Recent cases have come to light that not only can fake biometrics be provided to create “ghost” Aadhaar numbers for non-existent people, but that biometrics of real people can also be stolen relatively easily. This defeats the government's stated purpose behind launching Aadhaar: to provide a foolproof ...
	Aadhaar data is completely safe — Minister Eastern Mirror 7 (PTI): There has been no breach of Aadhaar data and a majority of the country's people trust the scheme as it is completely safe, Union IT Minister Ravi ... Terming Aadhaar a game changer, Prasad said in Lok Sabha that as of now 120 crore people have the Aadhaar cards and 57 crore bank accounts ...
	FIR in Aadhaar data breach not against journalist, says Minister Business Standard "The data with UIDAI is safe," he said. The Minister said the government is open to suggestions on improving the Aadhaar, and added that it was a law passed by Parliament. "There is a law passed by the Parliament, anyone who misuses the Aadhaar data will be sent to jail and there is provision for fine ...
	Man modifies copy of Aadhaar card to get credit card in dead man's name Times of India AHMEDABAD: A dead man shopping? A web designer, Tarun Sureja, 32, a resident of Silver Gardanier Apartment in Gota made it possible by modifying a PDF copy of his own Aadhaar card, inserting the name of a dead man, Ajay Rathod. He used this to procure a credit card from a finance company.
	Aadhaar-Like Biometric System Likely to be Rolled Out in Pakistan to Minimise Corruption: Reports LatestLY New Delhi, February 7: After the Philippines showed interest in understanding the unique identification system- Aadhaar, India's neighbour Pakistan also has plans to come up with an Aadhaar-like move to minimise corruption. According to a report by Bloomberg, Pakistan plans an Aadhaar-like move to ...
	Our Ration Was Denied, Say Victims of Aadhaar at Public Hearing The Quint Even as the Supreme Court continues to hear petitions against making Aadhaar mandatory, with several alleged instances of misuse of data, a public hearing conducted by the Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan and Satark Nagrik Sangathan at the Gandhi Peace Foundation in Delhi on 5 February, ...
	Four PSBs involved in Aadhaar based fraudulent money withdrawal: Centre BFSI Post Magazine | Elets “As per data reported by Public Sector Banks (PSBs), there have been incidents of money being fraudulently withdrawn from bank accounts using the customers' Aadhaar number in a few banks,” Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance. He further said that measures have been taken to prevent ...