Police suspect user agency insiders responsible for Aadhaar data leak
Indian police and Aadhaar officials suspect that insiders at an authentication user agency (AUA) and a KYC user agency (KUA)…
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 Supreme Court hears Aadhaar biometric ID privacy case
India’s Supreme Court is trying to determine whether citizens are entitled to privacy as a fundamental right in a case…
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Sharing economy to leverage Aadhaar
Two major proponents of the sharing economy, Airbnb and Uber, are considering using the Aadhaar biometric identification database to authenticate…
India’s Supreme Court to hear petitions on Aadhaar next week
India’s five-judge Supreme Court bench will hear several petitions challenging the legality of the Aadhaar project, said Chief Justice of…
UIDAI declining multiple requests by police to share Indian citizens’ biometrics
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the governing agency in charge of Aadhaar, has declined multiple requests from all…
Indian government facing privacy challenges regarding Aadhaar
The Hindu ran a recent op-ed piece in which writer Sanjay Hegdet called on the Chief Justice of India to…
India’s mobile payments interface to include pre-authorized payments, biometrics
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) Ltd. plans to launch an update to its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system later…
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As the biometrics industry continues to grow and expand Biometric Update is bringing a new focus to some of the…
India postpones PM’s plans to link Aadhaar to taxes
India’s Supreme Court said in a ruling that citizens cannot be forced to enroll for Aadhaar — a 12-digit unique…
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