AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 13094 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 25th March 2018

In 2009, I became extremely concerned with the concept of Unique Identity for various reasons. Connected with many like minded highly educated people who were all concerned.

On 18th May 2010, I started this Blog to capture anything and everything I came across on the topic. This blog with its million hits is a testament to my concerns about loss of privacy and fear of the ID being misused and possible Criminal activities it could lead to.

In 2017 the Supreme Court of India gave its verdict after one of the longest hearings on any issue. I did my bit and appealed to the Supreme Court Judges too through an On Line Petition.

In 2019 the Aadhaar Legislation has been revised and passed by the two houses of the Parliament of India making it Legal. I am no Legal Eagle so my Opinion carries no weight except with people opposed to the very concept.

In 2019, this Blog now just captures on a Daily Basis list of Articles Published on anything to do with Aadhaar as obtained from Daily Google Searches and nothing more. Cannot burn the midnight candle any longer.

"In Matters of Conscience, the Law of Majority has no place"- Mahatma Gandhi

Ram Krishnaswamy

Sydney, Australia.

Aadhaar

The UIDAI has taken two successive governments in India and the entire world for a ride. It identifies nothing. It is not unique. The entire UID data has never been verified and audited. The UID cannot be used for governance, financial databases or anything. It’s use is the biggest threat to national security since independence. – Anupam Saraph 2018

When I opposed Aadhaar in 2010 , I was called a BJP stooge. In 2016 I am still opposing Aadhaar for the same reasons and I am told I am a Congress die hard. No one wants to see why I oppose Aadhaar as it is too difficult. Plus Aadhaar is FREE so why not get one ? Ram Krishnaswamy

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.-Mahatma Gandhi

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.Mahatma Gandhi

“The invasion of privacy is of no consequence because privacy is not a fundamental right and has no meaning under Article 21. The right to privacy is not a guaranteed under the constitution, because privacy is not a fundamental right.” Article 21 of the Indian constitution refers to the right to life and liberty -Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi

“There is merit in the complaints. You are unwittingly allowing snooping, harassment and commercial exploitation. The information about an individual obtained by the UIDAI while issuing an Aadhaar card shall not be used for any other purpose, save as above, except as may be directed by a court for the purpose of criminal investigation.”-A three judge bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar said in an interim order.

Legal scholar Usha Ramanathan describes UID as an inverse of sunshine laws like the Right to Information. While the RTI makes the state transparent to the citizen, the UID does the inverse: it makes the citizen transparent to the state, she says.

Good idea gone bad
I have written earlier that UID/Aadhaar was a poorly designed, unreliable and expensive solution to the really good idea of providing national identification for over a billion Indians. My petition contends that UID in its current form violates the right to privacy of a citizen, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. This is because sensitive biometric and demographic information of citizens are with enrolment agencies, registrars and sub-registrars who have no legal liability for any misuse of this data. This petition has opened up the larger discussion on privacy rights for Indians. The current Article 21 interpretation by the Supreme Court was done decades ago, before the advent of internet and today’s technology and all the new privacy challenges that have arisen as a consequence.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP Rajya Sabha

“What is Aadhaar? There is enormous confusion. That Aadhaar will identify people who are entitled for subsidy. No. Aadhaar doesn’t determine who is eligible and who isn’t,” Jairam Ramesh

But Aadhaar has been mythologised during the previous government by its creators into some technology super force that will transform governance in a miraculous manner. I even read an article recently that compared Aadhaar to some revolution and quoted a 1930s historian, Will Durant.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Rajya Sabha MP

“I know you will say that it is not mandatory. But, it is compulsorily mandatorily voluntary,” Jairam Ramesh, Rajya Saba April 2017.

August 24, 2017: The nine-judge Constitution Bench rules that right to privacy is “intrinsic to life and liberty”and is inherently protected under the various fundamental freedoms enshrined under Part III of the Indian Constitution

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the World; indeed it's the only thing that ever has"

“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” -Edward Snowden

In the Supreme Court, Meenakshi Arora, one of the senior counsel in the case, compared it to living under a general, perpetual, nation-wide criminal warrant.

Had never thought of it that way, but living in the Aadhaar universe is like living in a prison. All of us are treated like criminals with barely any rights or recourse and gatekeepers have absolute power on you and your life.

Announcing the launch of the # BreakAadhaarChainscampaign, culminating with events in multiple cities on 12th Jan. This is the last opportunity to make your voice heard before the Supreme Court hearings start on 17th Jan 2018. In collaboration with @no2uidand@rozi_roti.

UIDAI's security seems to be founded on four time tested pillars of security idiocy

1) Denial

2) Issue fiats and point finger

3) Shoot messenger

4) Bury head in sand.

God Save India

Monday, March 26, 2018

13094 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 25th March 2018

New data leak hits India's national ID card database Aadhaar - ZDNet

The Star Online

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's biometric ID programme, Aadhaar, has been hit by another major security lapse, allowing access to private information, business technology news website ZDNet reported on Saturday. A data leak on a system run by a state-owned utility company can allow access to ...

Aadhaar biometric information not breached: UIDAI - Times of India

UIDAI dismisses report of data leak, says Aadhaar remains safe - Times of India

UIDAI dismisses report of personal data leak; says Aadhaar remains safe - Business Standard

UIDAI trashes ZDNet report, refutes Aadhaar data leak claim by Delhi researcher

Economic Times

UIDAI, which issues Aadhaar numbers, said, “There is no truth in this story as there has been absolutely no breach of UIDAI's Aadhaar database. Aadhaar remains safe and secure.” The government agency further said the story sourced from business technology site ZDNet relating to Aadhaar database ...

Major security lapse hits Aadhaar, key personal info leaked, reports ZDNet - Economic Times

No truth in ZDNet story on 'Aadhaar' data leak: UIDAI - Times of Oman

Irdai extends Aadhaar linking deadline for insurance policies

Livemint

New Delhi: Insurance regulator Irdai has extended the deadline for linking 12-digit unique identity number Aadhaar with various insurance policies until the Supreme Court decides on the matter. The Supreme Court of India in writ petition (vide order dated 13 March) extended the deadline of linking ...

Aadhaar linking: Irdai extends deadline for insurance policies until Supreme Court decides the matter - Zee Business

Govt's 5-foot thick walls may not be enough to secure Aadhaar data, suggests new leak

India Today

A data leak on a system run by a state-owned utility company can potentially allow hackers to access private information of every Aadhaar holder in India, if a new ZDNet report is to be gone by. The data leak affects potentially every Indian citizen subscribed to the Aadhaar program, according to the ...

Punjab and Haryana HC issues notice to UIDAI over forged Aadhaar cards, asks Punjab police to ...

The Indian Express

Alarmed over the use of Aadhaar cards containing wrong particulars, Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the nodal agency for the project, and sought a response from it on the matter. Punjab Police has also been directed to ...

Aadhaar matter: Now, UIDAI gets notice from Punjab and Haryana High Court for 'wrong information' - Financial Express

"Getting Naked Before White Man" Not A Problem: Minister On Aadhaar Row

NDTV

New Delhi: Union minister KJ Alphons today weighed in on the Aadhaar versus Right to Privacy debate, as concerns over data safety spiked following the Cambridge Analytica's unauthorised use of Facebook data in US elections, and reports of Aadhaar data being open to misuse owing to fresh security ...

You question Aadhaar, but ready to get naked before white man for visa: Alphons to activists - Business Standard

Modi app leaks data? More privacy scare after Cambridge Analytica, Aadhaar

Business Standard

After the data leak scandal involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, and the many reports of Aadhaar data of Indian being at a risk of compromise, the Narendra Modi app seems to be in the eye of a storm, and a new flashpoint in the war between the Congress and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).

What happens to the 25 crore Indians who do not have Aadhaar?

National Herald

The Aadhaar card was envisaged to improve India's welfare efforts by advocating inclusion and removing intermediaries from the system. It, in fact, began as a voluntary identification card, but now it has become mandatory to avail any of the government's policy benefits. It has been reported that around ...

Supreme Court: Aadhaar exposes transgender community to harassment

Qrius

Introduced by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Aadhaar cards have been a matter of contention for a very long time. The leaking of Aadhaar data continues to raise concerns over privacy and security, especially in the era of the newly recognised right to privacy.