Penalties for Aadhaar violations set as Indian government expands applications
Penalties for hacking, sharing or using Aadhaar data without authorization can be levied by the Unique Identification Authority of India…
Aadhaar
Aadhaar is the 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Indian government to every individual resident of India. The Aadhaar project aims to provide a single, unique identifier which captures all the demographic and biometric details of every resident of India.
India’s Aadhaar hackathon pulls in 5,000 innovators
The Aadhaar Hackathon 2021 has attracted more than 5,000 innovators across over 3,000 team registrations, reports the India Education Diary, to…
India tests mobile voting, arranges Aadhaar hackathon – both spell controversy
India is testing biometric, blockchain-based mobile phone voting for the first time in the hope of increasing turnout and reducing…
Access Now report holds up poster child Aadhaar as ‘Big ID’ bugbear
A legal vacuum and vulnerable population allowed the creation of the world’s largest biometric digital ID project and built a…
Developments in Indian digital ID: health accounts launch, resistance to voter link grows
India has launched its national digital health identity scheme which will create a health account for each of its 1.3…
Aadhaar biometrics allegedly targeted by Chinese state-sponsored hacker group
TAG-28, a hacker group thought to be supported by the Chinese government, has been attacking the Unique Identification Authority of…
India’s COVID vaccination management system ‘issued over 110M unique health IDs’
India’s biometrics-backed COVID vaccination management system, CoWIN (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network) has issued 110,542,794 unique health IDs (UHIDs) as part…
Finance regulatory norms are changing in India. Can banks keep up?
By Ayesha Kapoor, Product Marketing Specialist at IDcentral. India ranks as one of the top two countries in the world in…
NEC India CEO sees increasing role for AI in country’s digital journey
The President and Chief Executive Officer of NEC Corporation India, Aalok Kumar, has recalled the significant contribution which the company…
Indian gov consults UIDAI on Aadhaar biometrics for voter registration
India’s Ministry of Law is consulting with the Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI) for the possibility of using the Aadhaar biometrics-based…
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