Page 16 - Latest Updates on Aadhaar
Privacy vs security: What is the brouhaha over Aadhaar all about?
What are the provisions that have been retained, struck down or read down by the SC verdict on Aadhaar, explains MJ Antony
 "Privacy vs security: What is the brouhaha over Aadhaar all about?")
Saaf niyat's Aadhaar shaken
Worse, even when the Court has placed significant limitations on Aadhaar, Modi Sarkar has not been stirred enough to apologise for its coercive approach
 "Saaf niyat's Aadhaar shaken")
Letter to BS: You need something more than Aadhaar to bring 'achchhe din'
The argument that Aadhaar has become too big for the country's top court to not uphold its constitutional validity reflects poorly on Indian judiciary
 "Letter to BS: You need something more than Aadhaar to bring 'achchhe din'")
If you earn below Rs 15k a month, you must link Aadhaar to your PF account
A government official said subscribers availing benefits of EPS will have to link their PF accounts with Aadhaar numbers
Telcos to face enrolment hurdles as SC order stops Aadhaar-based eKYC
Mobile service providers and other private entities cannot ask for Aadhaar for customer registration
 "Telcos to face enrolment hurdles as SC order stops Aadhaar-based eKYC")
Why Supreme Court feels welfare exclusion can't be used to scrap Aadhaar
"When it is serving much larger purpose by reaching hundreds of millions of deserving persons, it cannot be crucified on the unproven plea of exclusion of some."
 "Why Supreme Court feels welfare exclusion can't be used to scrap Aadhaar")
Aadhaar Act: Here's a primer on where you need to furnish your biometrics
SC has placed a number of restrictions on how who can demand Aadhaar and what services or schemes it can be used for
 "Aadhaar Act: Here's a primer on where you need to furnish your biometrics")
Aadhaar remains valid but SC strikes down some sections to boost privacy
Though the court upheld the overall validity of the government's Unique Identification (UID) programme, it barred banks, insurance firms and mobile phone companies--from demanding Aadhaar data
Here's why Justice Chandrachud believes Aadhaar is unconstitutional
The entire Aadhaar programme, since 2009, suffers from constitutional infirmities and violations of fundamental rights
Aadhaar: What happens to firms like Jio, Paytm as SC strikes down sec 57?
Section 57 gave birth to e-KYC, which allowed companies like Reliance Jio to rapidly acquire new users. Will bringing in a new law allow pvt entities to regain access to Aadhaar?
 "Aadhaar: What happens to firms like Jio, Paytm as SC strikes down sec 57?")
Aadhaar: The spirit of the dissent may outlast the verdict of the court
The SC's Aadhaar judgment is reminiscent of the judicial approval for denying fundamental rights during the emergency
Aadhaar: Govt should pass legislation on data sharing, privacy, say experts
Verdict builds on the "proportionality" doctrine enshrined in the previous court ruling on privacy, said experts
 "Aadhaar: Govt should pass legislation on data sharing, privacy, say experts")
Customers' aversion to e-KYC verification could make process more expensive
Industry experts said despite the ruling, Aadhaar might still be the preferred route of on-boarding since it was inexpensive and convenient
 "Customers' aversion to e-KYC verification could make process more expensive")
SC delivers a welcome judgment; Aadhaar cannot be an instrument of coercion
The Unique ID project was conceptualised as a strictly voluntary one. But over the years, telecom companies, banks, government welfare schemes had all started seeking Aadhaar for service provisioning
SC upholds constitutional validity of Aadhaar card, but with caveats
CBSE and UGC can no longer ask for Aadhaar from citizens for the purpose of conducting any entrance examination or running a scheme
 "SC upholds constitutional validity of Aadhaar card, but with caveats")
Govt hints at amendments to Aadhaar Act to accommodate SC verdict
Law and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the court had held that the purpose of issuing Aadhaar to all Indian citizens was legitimate and no surveillance was possible
 "Govt hints at amendments to Aadhaar Act to accommodate SC verdict")
Deleting Aadhaar data stored with private firms a Herculean task: Experts
With a lack of data-protection law in India, there is no entity to audit whether or not private companies are actually deleting personal data of customers
Aadhaar verdict: Banks, firms fear rising costs of acquiring new clients
Without the e-KYC provision, the cost of acquiring new customers will shoot up significantly, in some cases six times, claim expert
SC considers UIDAI PowerPoint presentation in holding Aadhaar scheme safe
Using two projectors in the courtroom, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey had claimed that breaking the Aadhaar encryption may take "more than the age of the universe for the fastest computer on earth
 "SC considers UIDAI PowerPoint presentation in holding Aadhaar scheme safe")
Children be given option to exit from Aadhaar on attaining majority: SC
Justice A K Sikri also said that no child shall be denied the benefit of any scheme if he or she is unable to produce Aadhaar number
