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Redditor finds Aadhaar, PAN and passports of many Indians freely available on Google; raises concerns over data security
A simple search query like "index of Aadhaar card" will reveal sensitive pages that should have be…
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Sebi eases Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance guidelines
Markets regulator Sebi has decided to simplify the risk management framework for validating Know Yo…
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What is masked Aadhaar card, why do you need it and how to download it
Aadhaar has become one of the most important documents in India and it is something that we often u…
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Aadhaar authentication rose to 2.31 billion in March 2023: IT Ministry data
Aadhaar authentication transactions have climbed to 2.31 billion in March 2023, against 2.26 billio…
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Data privacy: Three in four Indians hold public sector offices responsible for breach
Data breach stories are increasing by the day and this impacts one’s privacy directly. Who is to bl…
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Data you share with ChatGPT is not private: So be careful with what you reveal
Any information that you share with AI platforms like ChatGPT is collected for business purposes. …
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Government withdraws advisory on Aadhaar photocopies, asks citizens to be cautious while sharing Aadhaar card details
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has withdrawn an advisory issued by …
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Only one Indian party promises digital privacy in its election manifesto so far
In the run up to the general election 2019 in India, the only Indian party to introduce digital pri…
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What does the supreme court verdict on Aadhaar mean for Indian citizens?
The SC removed three sections from the Aadhar Act. Section 33 (2) allowed data to be disclosed…
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Indian government portal leaks 8.9mn Aadhaar details, again
Two new cases have come to light with a total of 8.9 million Aadhaar numbers of MGNREGA beneficiari…
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The Aadhaar ID programme is here to stay but with some modifications
After four months and 38 days of hearings, the matter has been laid to rest. On 26 September, a fiv…
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Over 1.21 billion people are enrolled in the world’s largest biometric identification system
According to the 2011 Census, this is what India’s population was at the time. According to offi…
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You no longer need to hand over your Aadhaar number to get a mobile connection
The DoT has given telecom operators until the end of the month to adjust their systems to comp…
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India's biometric identification system is becoming increasingly susceptible to fraud
To confirm their belief, UIDAI added that the Aadhaar card details of a person couldn’t be misus…
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Nine years later, 80% of Indians are still not convinced the world’s largest biometric ID system is secure
A survey conducted by Velocity MR, a market research and analysis company, concluded that eight …
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Supreme Court clarifies that Aadhar isn’t mandatory for a new SIM connection
The telecom operators haven’t confirmed their compliance but, the government is taking the issu…
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Google starts starts testing new safety section for apps, feature to go live in February 2022
Google has started letting developers fill out details for the new data privacy section in the Play…
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This spam blocker may add a layer of anonymity to your social media presence while Twitter and Facebook are under pressure to verify their users
This means that if your social media handle is found to be a part of any activity, which v…
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The agency behind the world's largest biometric identification system drops its plan to monitor online activity
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which manages the biometric identities of mor…