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PDPA 2018 and Aadhaar-2

Continuing our discussion on the draft PDPA 2018 (proposed by the Srikrishna Panel) and the proposed amendments to the Aadhaar Act embedded in the report under the Appendix, the following observations can be made. Offline Verification One of the proposed … Continue reading

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Srikrishna Panel report and Aadhaar

Throughout the one year when the Justice Srikrishna Committee was deliberating on the Privacy Legislation in India, Aadhaar was the focus of the privacy activists. There was one group of people who were completely against Aadhaar and have been trying … Continue reading

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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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Virtual Aadhaar ID: More breathing time for laggards

UIDAI announced the Virtual Aadhaar ID system in January and made it available from 1st March 2018 giving time upto 30th June 2018 for AUAs/KUAs to tweak their systems. Then it extended the time upto the end of June. (Refer: Is … Continue reading

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Is Private Sector ignoring Virtual Aadhaar ID ?

On 10th January 2018, UIDAI issued a circular outlining the details of its proposed Virtual Aadhaar ID system along with the introduction of the “Limited KYC” system that does not return the Aadhaar number and only provides an “agency specific” … Continue reading

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