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Offline verification of Aadhaar data.. Is it feasible?

According to the Caravan report about the proposed new Data Protection Act /Privacy Protection Act which the Srikrishna Panel has tabled, a suggestion has been made for amendment of the Aadhaar Act to introduce what is called “Offline Authentication”. A … Continue reading

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Another leak of the Srikrishna Committee Report on Data Protection

Even while the Srikrishna Panel has expressed dissatisfaction at TRAI coming up with its own Privacy Protection regulation and a consequential need for revision by the Panel of its draft, Caravan has released a report about a draft copy of … Continue reading

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Understanding the GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation

{This is a guest post from Dan Sincavage, Co-Founder, www.tenfold.com } The GDPR–or General Data Protection Regulation–is a regulation passed by the European Union on April 27, 2016, with an effective start date of May 25, 2018. Officially classified as regulation … Continue reading

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National Health Stack Plan… This is the Digital Health Aadhaar Scheme…Available for Public Comment

The Press Release from  PIB has called for public comments on the proposed National Heath Stack. (NHS) NHS is the proposed scheme by NITI Aayog that envisages maintenance of a centralized health record for all citizens of the country to facilitate … Continue reading

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Data Processors may be able to create a Diamond out of Charcoal..if Indian Data Protection Act is innovatively drafted

In the Privacy and Data protection circles, a debate is going on for some time in India. Naavi.org had also suggested this to the Srikrishna Committee during the public consultations. (Refer: “Personal Data Should be Considered as Personal Property”). Subsequently, DISHA … Continue reading

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BJP being blamed for a Mega Bitcoin scam is a good thing..

Bitcoin is the currency of criminals and is the digital black money. Now India’s most corrupt party called Congress is blaming BJP which is making efforts to reduce black money through various measures such as Demonetization, Linking of Aadhaar to … Continue reading

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