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

Sunday, December 23, 2018

13989 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 21st Dec 2018



Tech Tips: How to reissue your lost Aadhaar card
India Today
Though the court has said that mobile numbers and bank accounts don't need to be linked with Aadhaar, this does not reduce the importance of the ...





Investors are baffled, Aadhaar issue could cause delayed returns: Naveen Surya of Fintech ...
Economic Times
With the SC judgement barring Aadhaar access to private entities, many companies are finding it difficult. From a policy perspective, what is it that the ...

India's fintech companies struggle for an alternative to Aadhaar - Economic Times

Aadhar and private firms: State of play of section 57 - Vantage Asia


Aadhaar row at Dhanbad Bar association poll
Telegraph India
The disgruntled group cited a September 26 Supreme Court order that Aadhaar card was mandatory only for filing income tax returns and allotment of ...





SC verdict on Aadhaar victory of people: Mamata Banerjee
Hermann Herald
SC verdict on Aadhaar victory of people: Mamata Banerjee. Days of the BJP government are over in the country, the chief minister said.







Rewind 2018 Nation
The Hans India
The banks and mobile phone companies can't insist on Aadhaar-linking anymore. A five-judge bench of Supreme Court on September 26, 2018 ruled ...





Govt plans workaround for crop insurance delay
Deccan Herald
The reasons for pendency of claims include non-availability of bank account details, failure to validate Aadhaar, multiple cropping (growing two or ...





Biometric attendance in govt schools from next year in TS
Telangana Today
Already, the Aadhaar biometric attendance system was being used in 9,349 government-run schools in 12 districts across Telangana. Now, the ...





Why the MHA allowing snooping on computers is more troubling than we think
DailyO
... even outdoes previous policy decisions such as Aadhaar which were deemed to be extremely invasive by many privacy activists in the country.

New Govt Order Allows It To Seize Everything On Your Computer - HuffPost India

Govt gives license to snoop! MHA issues order authorising 10 agencies unfettered access to any ... - Times Now

The Govt. Just Gave Itself The Right To Invade Your Privacy, Thanks To This New Order - Youth Ki Awaaz


Big Brother is watching you: Activists, political parties slam govt's snooping move
THE WEEK
The recognition of this is in the 2018 Aadhaar judgement, which NOW requires judicial oversight," Internet Freedom Foundation stated on Thursday.





'Is This What Ghar Ghar Modi Means?' Oppn Hits Out at Cyber Snooping Powers to Probe Agencies
News18
... on every citizen is unconstitutional and in breach of the telephone tapping guidelines, the Privacy Judgement and the Aadhaar judgment," he said.





These Issues Will Hurt the BJP's Prospects in the 2019 General Election
The Wire
They range from business slowdown due to demonetisation and GST, to the denial of crucial services due to mandatory Aadhaar linkage.





From a California-based Doctor to a Watchman – It's a Long, Hard Battle for Financial Consumers
Moneylife
He also obtained an Aadhaar which the government promised was the magic number to open all doors. His Aadhaar also has another wrong date of ...





2018, The Year of Landmark Judgments by Supreme Court of India
LatestLY
Whether or not to link your Aadhaar with mobile phone number, Paytm and bank account was a question on top of the Indian common man's mind.





India allows 10 government agencies to access citizens' digital messages
Quartz
“This order comes after the supreme court judgments on privacy and Aadhaar. The privacy judgment by itself now makes a stricter requirement of ...





Need to upscale rural to urban – Here is why
Financial Express
With the objective of driving financial inclusion in rural areas along with the push by the government (introduction of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and mobile), ...





Advance thanks, Santa-bhai
The Hindu
This Christmas, Santa and me are a done deal. Like Modiji getting 2000% majority in 2019. (The assembly elections mean nothing, fools.) A couple of ...





Snooping law: Big Brother says a shy hi
NewsX
... wants to access in your PCs and laptops via a law that is from the times of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, just like Aadhaar is.





Home Ministry allows 10 security and intelligence govt agencies to access 'any computer resource'
Newslaundry
... Foundation called this "unconstitutional" and "in breach of the telephone tapping guidelines, the Privacy Judgement and the Aadhaar judgement".





'Unpunctual'? Face recognition system for bureaucrats soon
Deccan Chronicle
The BBMP head office currently has Aadhaar based biometric system for marking attendance. A senior officer in the BBMP administration department ...





Woman power
Governance Now
Radha, who is part of the collective, narrates her story: “I didn't have any ID proof like Aadhaar card or anything. When I came in touch with SPYM, ...





Five arrested from Mumbai for stealing gold from Surat factory
The Indian Express
However, suspecting that the passengers had committed a crime, the driver of the car allegedly took their Aadhaar cards in exchange for not alerting ...





Brazen attack on right to privacy: CPI(M) hits out at govt over order authorising snooping powers
Business Standard
This order goes against the spirit of Supreme Court judgements on telephone tapping guidelines, the right to privacy judgement and the Aadhaar ...





8.27 lakh jobs created in Oct; 79.16 lakh in last 14 months: EPFO payroll data
Outlook India
Members' data are linked to unique Aadhaar Identity, it added. The EPFO manages social security funds of workers in the organised/semi organised ...





Opposition hits out at MHA order giving snooping powers to investigative agencies
Outlook India
... on every citizen is unconstitutional and in breach of the telephone tapping guidelines, the Privacy Judgement and the Aadhaar judgement,"he said.





Catapulting India towards digital economy
Financial Chronicle (press release) (blog)
Aadhaar is a unique digital identity and should not be handed over to anyone. The industry worked with the government on an OTP based digital ...





Why every Indian is being treated like a criminal? Yechury on report of all computers under govt ...
Daily News & Analysis
... every citizen is unconstitutional and in breach of the telephone tapping guidelines, the Privacy Judgement and the Aadhaar judgement," he tweeted.
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