12313 - Aadhaar digs in - DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Aadhaar digs in

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ANAND PARTHASARATHY

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Nov 6, 2017, 10:25 am IST

The universal ID is proving handy in other scenarios besides bank accounts and mobile connections.

The app available for Android and iOS. It shortlists and sends selected profiles to other Aadhaar-verified genuine users only.

Aadhaar-verified soul mate search!

With over 1 billion Indians having an Aadhaar ID, online service providers are finding new and creative ways to leverage this authentication tool. The latest is the matrimonial platform LoveVivah.com. It uses Aadhaar to verify in real time, the details of profiles posted and assure searchers for soul mates that they are not dealing with fictitious or fraudulent identities.

The app available for Android and iOS . It shortlists and sends selected profiles to other Aadhaar-verified genuine users only. Beyond the back-end check through Aadhaar, LoveVivah also performs a five-step verification through Facebook, LinkedIn, e-mail and mobile.

Biometric attendance system

Vadodara-based Matrix Security Solutions, has launched an Aadhaar-fueled point-of-entry system, the first such integrated attendance solution running on Open Source Linux and linked to the national data base at the Universal Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

The COSEC VEGA FAXQ biometric device is a single unit just 9 cms by 18.6 cms by 3.8 cms and weighing about 1/2 kg that can be mounted at entry points. It allows the employee to enter his or her Aadhaar number or swipe a Smart Card embedded with the number and present a finger for scanning.

The data is sent to the Aadhaar -enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) server at the back end which in turn connects to the Aadhaar data base to authenticate the number. The entire round trip takes just 1.5 seconds.

Till now some 11,000 government departments and PSUs including DRDO, SAIL, Airports Authority of India and Indian Oil have started using the AEBAS data base, involving just over 27 lakh IDs. Among states, Andhra Pradesh has been the first to adopt the Matrix system.

It supports both Hindi and English and typical system cost from Rs 23,000 to Rs 26,000.

—IndiaTechOnline

10623 - Matchmaking website, Aadhaar authority join hands for checks -

Matchmaking website, Aadhaar authority join hands for checks

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS): Matrimonial matchmaking service provider in India LoveVivah has launched a new platform, in collaboration with with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI),that issues the Aadhaar cards, striving to assure trusted and authentic services that minimise the woes of matchmaking for single Indians. Through the association, the website plans to diminish the chances of fraud and fake profiles, as it will mandatory do an Aadhaar card number verification through UIDAI at the back-end and any discrepancies would prevent the user to move ahead with profile creation. "We understand the discrepancies associated with the existing matrimonial process and hence we have brought in the mandatory Aadhaar verification check to ensure the authenticity of the profiles," Gorav Aggarwal, President of Tanisha Systems Inc. and LoveVivah, said in a statement. The user verification on the website will also ensure a five-step verification through social media portals like Facebook, LinkedIn, e-mail and mobile. The platform was launched on Friday by actress Amrita Rao, along with, Haryana state BJP President Subhash Barala, Faridabad Police Commissioner Hanif Qureshi, Gurgaon Joint Commissioner of Police Pawan Y. Puran Kumar, and member of parliament Nihal Chand Meghwal. The matrimonial website serves all Indian communities in India and abroad with prime focus on the US, Canada, Britain, Australia and Singapore.

10108 - An Aadhaar number for dating site Tinder account? - Financial Express

An Aadhaar number for dating site Tinder account?

After strict rules to ensure matrimonial sites not used for duping, an Aadhaar number for a Tinder account?

By: The Financial Express | Published: June 6, 2016 7:24 AM

With more Indians going online and digitising their search for life partners, the government proposes guidelines for matrimonial websites to monitor fraudulent content and fake profiles of potential suitors. (Reuters)

Twenty eight year old, 5’10”, fair, well-built boy, pretending to be an engineer, working in an MNC, seeking a 23-27 year old, beautiful, slim, unsuspecting girl to dupe? We regret to inform you that an alert government has just foiled your plans. With more Indians going online and digitising their search for life partners, the government proposes guidelines for matrimonial websites to monitor fraudulent content and fake profiles of potential suitors. Some of the measures include mandating users to upload verifiable identity proof, so your spouse-to-be can see that you are actually an unemployed, 37-year-old slob, and not the highly qualified engineer you claim to be. There are grief-redressal mechanisms, for that much needed counselling when they find out that everything about you was a lie. IP addresses are to be recorded, to hunt you down and seek revenge for being cheated.

Holding matrimonial websites responsible for their users’ misdeeds may seem to the free-market types like blaming the knife—and not the murderer—for killing a man. But you can never be too careful, especially in today’s times. Indeed, policies could be put in place to ensure any candidate doesn’t get to see more than a limited number of brides-to-be or perhaps lay down that a marriage has to take place within three months or be shamed in the online community as ineligible bachelors and bachelorettes. Given the government’s attention to detail, it is odd details of financials have not been asked for—how else will your bride-to-be know whether you can afford that honeymoon in Switzerland? And since online fraud is not restricted to matrimonial sites, it might be a good idea to demand Aadhaar information for creating a Tinder account.

10070 - Soon, ID proof must to place matrimonial ads online - Hindustan Times

Soon, ID proof must to place matrimonial ads online

• Moushumi Das Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi |  Updated: May 30, 2016 08:38 IST

An Aadhaar card or a driving licence or any government-approved identity proof will soon be required to place matrimonial advertisements on websites.

The user will also have to give an undertaking to the online service provider, confirming his intent to enter into a matrimonial alliance, before he registers on such sites.

These are part of the draft guidelines finalized by the government to regulate matrimonial websites check growing instances of men setting up fake online profiles to cyber stalk or dupe women.

“The guidelines, which are in line with the Information Technology Act, 2000, will be notified soon by the Department of Electronics & Information Technology,” said a government official.

Presently these websites only ask for cell phone numbers of people who put their profiles and do phone verification only.

According to the guidelines, matrimonial websites will have to publish on its site the name of the grievance officer and his contact details along with the complaint redressal mechanism that will be made available to any victim.

The government had to step in with growing instances of men setting up fake profiles on such sites. It was women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi who first raised this issue in 2014 after her ministry was inundated with complaints from women who were cheated while looking for grooms online.

Gandhi had met senior representatives of leading websites such as Bharat Matrimony and Jeevansathi.com and suggested that they strengthen security features of their respective sites to prevent such fraud.

“In most cases victims are women who fall prey to these fraudsters after getting introduced through fake profiles on matrimonial portal. There is a need for strengthening protective measures for all users of such websites,” a government official said.

The draft guidelines, made after consultations with leading matrimonial websites, will also require that such websites store the IP address of profile creation and access logs for a period of one year from the date of account deactivation by a user.

The websites will have to caution users against possible fraudsters who ask for favours, money, etc. and other possible misuses as known to or reported to the matrimonial websites. “Registered users will be encouraged to report any fraudulent activity to such websites as well as to law enforcing agencies,” the draft guideline states.

9264 - Cops to tell matrimonial sites to verify credentials of users posting profiles - Indian Express

Cops to tell matrimonial sites to verify credentials of users posting profiles

As per the proposed guidelines, prospective grooms and brides have to share details of any government-recognised identity proof such as Aadhaar card, passport or voter card with the sites

Written by Rashmi Rajput | Mumbai | Published:January 14, 2016 4:45 am

TAKING a leaf out of the proposal by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to keep a check on matrimonial websites, the Mumbai Police Crime Branch will soon write to these sites asking them to verify credentials of prospective grooms and brides before posting their profiles online.

Alarmed by the increase in the number of harassment complaints received from women looking for grooms on matrimonial sites, the Ministry of Women and Child Development had recently finalised the guidelines that will be soon sent to the Department of Telecom for notification.

As per the proposed guidelines, prospective grooms and brides have to share details of any government-recognised identity proof such as Aadhaar card, passport or voter card with the sites.

Once the details are vetted, the profiles will be posted. We will write to these websites asking them to put only those profiles that are verified. The details are being worked out,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) K M M Prasanna.

Sources said the website managements would be asked to get in touch with government agencies responsible for generating identification proof and only when they authenticate the details would the profiles be put up.

There are many portals that make it mandatory for the person seeking information to key in his/her Aadhaar card details. The page is then routed to the office of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) which generates Aadhaar card and they in turn generate an One Time Password (OTP) on the registered mobile number while verifying the credentials. The same method could be used by the matrimonial sites and once the information is verified they could move to the next step,” said a senior officer while explaining the process.

In cases where the applicant is an NRI, the same process could be adopted for verifying their Social Security Number (SSN) or a Permanent Account Number (PAN),” added the source.

The reason behind routing the information to government agencies using OTP would help ensure that the information is not misused by the website or any of its employers privy to the detail, and remains only between the seeker and the government agency. Sources said the matrimonial industry, pegged at around Rs 400 crore, was unregulated and these measures would protect bride or groom seekers from being cheated.

We have come across numerous cases where Nigerian nationals posing as Indians have chatted with women and harassed them. In some cases, they also duped them of heavy sums. By imposing these conditions, we would ensure only genuine seekers are posting profiles and not misusing the portals for personal gains,” added the source.

rashmi.rajput@expressindia.com

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9086 - Govt sets up panel to implement id proof and norms for matrimonial sites: report - Medianama

Govt sets up panel to implement id proof and norms for matrimonial sites: report

By Shashidhar KJ ( @lomirgenii1988 ) on November 19, 2015

The government has set up a five-member panel from different ministries to draft guidelines which will set up norms for matrimonial websites, reports The Hindustan Times.  The norms will require users to submit a valid id proof to sign up on such websites.

The publication added that a passport or a voter identity card, or any such proof held valid by the government, may have to be submitted, citing sources. It added that once the guidelines were finalized, it would notify the IT ministry and incorporated under the IT Act.

It’s worth remembering that women and child development ministry in December had suggested that Aadhaar, India’s unique identity project, should be used to authenticate profiles on matrimonial sites. At the time it was reported that the ministry was concerned of increasing instances of women being cheated while looking for grooms as users would create multiple profiles.

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An Economic Times report had also reported that making Aadhar compulsory will ensure the pictures of the grooms are on the profiles. Did anyone mention to the government that people want to put their profile pictures on matrimonial websites to help them, you know, find a match? Besides, have you seen the pictures they use on Aadhar cards or any other government ids? It would instantly torch any chances of users ever finding a bride or groom.

MediaNama’s take

We’ve pointed out before saying that having multiple profiles on matrimonial sites is no indicator of deceit, especially given the sex ratio in many states in India. What’s a guy from Haryana, with 853 women to 1000 men, to do?

There’s also the question of dating apps. People don’t find partners exclusively on matrimonial sites. Would the government want to authenticate profiles via Aadhar on apps like Truly Madly and Tinder to protect women from from fraud? Would they also stop users from signing up on services like Ashley Madison which encourages people to have an affair? Turns out we’re pretty unfaithful to our spouses.

There are a few points that need to be flagged. Will businesses have to pay for API usage every time there’s Aadhaar authentication of users? That’s another layer of red tape to go through, and doesn’t really make doing business in India easier.

Image source: Flickr user Santiago Almada

9076 - Government plans to make matrimonial websites safer - TNN

Government plans to make matrimonial websites safer

TNN | Nov 19, 2015, 05.38 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Faced with increasing complaints related to fake online profiles, stalking and harassment by "prospective grooms'', the government plans to bring in guidelines to rein in matrimonial websites. An inter-ministerial panel has been set up to prepare a draft within a fortnight. Among the issues that the committee is expected to address include mandating identity proof that is verifiable and establishing a grievance redressal mechanism.

Women and child development secretary V Somasundaran chaired a meeting on Tuesday on the issue with representatives from the department of electronics and IT and the home ministry. "We have been receiving a lot of complaints about fraud being committed by men posing as prospective grooms. We would like these websites to put in place certain mechanisms that ensure that users can verify the identity given online before they commit to further communication,'' an official said.

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Websites will also be asked to establish a grievance redressal mechanism. Other suggestions include adding a cautionary note asking users to verify the information provided from secondary sources.

The inter-ministerial panel includes representatives from the ministries of WCD, IT and home affairs besides three members from the industry. "We expect a first draft within the next 15 days. It will be reviewed and if it meets the concerns of all stakeholders, the IT ministry will notify it under the Information Technology Act," the official said.

WCD minister Maneka Gandhi is very keen to introduce some checks on matrimonial websites. The ministry has suggested that websites ask prospective grooms to submit a reliable form of identification like an Aadhaar card or PAN card to begin with.

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In a meeting with matrimonial websites earlier, the ministry had sought to know the steps taken by them to ascertain the users' identity. "The ministry wanted to know if the websites were aware of what the men were doing on the websites. It was felt that due diligence was not being done and that people were able to get away with false identities," a source said. As of now, only a mobile number is required to register with these sites.

However, websites too realize that they would lose business if they do not adhere to these suggestions. Online marriage websites are a huge draw, hosting millions of profiles. Matrimonial websites had earlier expressed reservations about putting either of these suggestions in practice. They say privacy is a concern among those using the website and details like Aadhaar or PAN card could be misused. They also said making any of these documents mandatory would not stop "exploitation" or stalking of women.

8285 - Aadhaar Details to Be Linked With Matrimonial Sites to Curb Frauds - Silicone India

Aadhaar Details to Be Linked With Matrimonial Sites to Curb Frauds

By SiliconIndia  |   Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 04:51 Hrs

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BENGALURU: Today there are innumerable Matrimonial Sites that people can use to find their life partner. But all this cannot come without risks. People are making fake ID’s to hook up. With an increase in the number of complaints of men putting up fake profiles on matrimonial websites and duping women, the government has decided to step in and create a technology platform to check such fraudsters, according to indiatimes.com.

Though the Government has made it compulsory to attach Aadhaar ID while using these sites, matrimonial agencies are apprehensive about making Aadhaar mandatory. It’s a mechanism of internal checks to ensure that fake profiles get detected. But at the same time we can’t stop general public from registering with these sites if they don’t give their Aadhaar number.

The Department of Electronics and Information Technology has called a meeting of various matrimonial site agencies and other stakeholders on July 8 to decide a multi-tenant architecture for preventing the exploitation of young women registered on these sites. Leading websites such as Bharat Matrimony and Jeevansathi.com are also suggesting beefing up its security features to prevent such frauds.

Matrimonial websites should make provisions to capture the Aadhaar number of a groom, putting it in Aadhar seeding process and provide facility only after it has been verified by its 12-digit unique identity number. By using these measures, it can help in stopping women from being tricked into a false marriage which is extremely important with the rising number of cases that we are witnessing each day.

8243 - Govt to check fraud by linking Aadhaar to matrimonial accounts - Hindustan Times

Govt to check fraud by linking Aadhaar to matrimonial accounts

• Moushumi Das Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi| Updated: Jul 07, 2015 08:23 IST
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With an increase in the number of complaints of men putting up fake profiles on matrimonial websites and duping women, the government has decided to step in and create a technology platform to check such fraudsters.

The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has called a meeting of various matrimonial site agencies and other stakeholders on July 8 to decide a “robust, scalable, multi-tenant architecture for preventing the exploitation of young women” registered on such sites.

One of the steps DeitY is likely to propose is making Aadhaar mandatory to keep out or track down frauds. Earlier, Women and Child Development minister Maneka Gandhi had also called for making Aadhaar mandatory for registering on such sites. In fact she was the first to raise this issue after her ministry was inundated with complaints from women who were cheated while looking for grooms online.

Last November, Gandhi had met senior representatives of leading websites such as Bharat Matrimony and Jeevansathi.com, and suggested beefing up security features to prevent such fraud.  

In a strategy paper, DeitY has recommended that matrimonial websites should make provisions to capture the Aadhaar number of a prospective groom, put a measure in place for Aadhar seeding, and provide facility during search to filter cases that are not verified by the 12-digit unique identity number.

But matrimonial agencies are apprehensive about making Aadhaar mandatory. “We have a mechanism of internal checks to ensure that fake profiles get detected. We are open to the idea of strengthening safety features to detect fraud. But at the same time we can’t stop people from registering with us if they don’t give their Aadhaar number. One of the documents we ask for from those registering is the Aadhaar number but most don’t provide it as they are not comfortable,” said Rohan Mathur, national sales head, Jeevansathi.com.