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  Don't deny essential services for want of Aadhaar: UIDAI

  India | February 10, 2018 21:36 IST

  In a statement the Aadhaar implementing agency said that "genuine beneficiary" should not be denied essential services like "medical help, hospitalisation, school admission or ration through PDS" for the want of the unique identity number.

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  Plastic/PVC Aadhaar Smart Card not usable: UIDAI

  India | February 07, 2018 6:33 IST

  The government body clarified that preference to more attractive plastic or PVC smart cards can make people fall to ploys of unscrupulous elements.

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  Aadhaar an identification, not a profiling tool: UIDAI

  India | January 29, 2018 8:19 IST

  The UIDAI on Sunday sought to allay fears over data protection and privacy issues around the 12 digit biometric identifier, asserting that Aadhaar is an identification not a profiling tool.

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  Citizens give info to firms for insurance, mobile nos, why not for Aadhaar, asks SC

  India | January 18, 2018 21:26 IST

  The argument was made during the hearing on the Aadhaar issue by senior advocate Shyam Divan before a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.

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  Aadhaar Act case: UID an 'electronic leash' on citizens, SC told; hearing to resume today

  India | January 18, 2018 8:02 IST

  The Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution bench will continue hearing pleas filed with regards to the Aadhaar case today.

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  Aadhaar myth buster: UIDAI answers all your concerns through FAQs

  India | January 17, 2018 19:46 IST

  The Aadhaar myth buster series is aimed at quelling fears that the ID or its number can be used to track private activities of its owners or to persecute them on the basis of the information.

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  UIDAI allows face recognition for Aadhaar authentication from July

  India | January 15, 2018 20:17 IST

  The UIDAI today allowed face recognition as additional means of Aadhaar authentication to be used in combination with existing ways such as fingerprint or iris scan.

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  Aadhaar Virtual ID: All you need to know about UIDAI's new security net

  India | January 11, 2018 22:07 IST

  Using the newly launched feature, cardholders will be able to generate their 'Virtual ID' for various purposes including SIM verification.

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  ‘Orchestrated campaign’ underway to malign Aadhaar, claims former UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani

  India | January 11, 2018 15:13 IST

  Delhi Police had on Monday registered the FIR on a complaint by an UIDAI official following the newspaper report on data breach of more than 1 billion Aadhaar cards, naming the journalist behind the story.

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  Know how UIDAI's 'Virtual ID' for Aadhaar will work

  India | January 10, 2018 20:06 IST

  UIDAI will provide various options to Aadhaar number holders to generate their VID, retrieve their VID in case they forget, and replace their VID with a new number.

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  Majority concerned about protection of Aadhaar details, says survey

  India | January 10, 2018 12:27 IST

  The survey to find people's take on the cyber security mechanism to protect their data said that 20 per cent were "somewhat confident" while 23 per cent were "quite confident" about UIDAI being able to protect their Aadhaar details

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  Snowden attacks Aadhaar authorities, says journalist who exposed data breach deserves an award

  India | January 09, 2018 12:00 IST

  Criticising Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Twitter, Snowden said instead of an investigation, the journalist needed to be rewarded for exposing that the Aadhaar data was not fullproof and could be obtained at a cost of only Rs 50

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  Aadhaar data breach: FIR filed against 'unknown' entities, Govt committed to Freedom of Press, says Law Minister

  India | January 08, 2018 16:46 IST

  “Government is fully committed to freedom of Press as well as to maintaining security and sanctity of Aadhaar for India’s development. FIR is against unknown,” Union law minister said.

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  Aadhaar data breach: Media bodies condemn FIR against journalist, UIDAI defends action

  India | January 08, 2018 9:53 IST

  Instead of penalising the reporter, UIDAI should have ordered a thorough internal investigation into the alleged breach and made its findings public, the Editor's Guild said.

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  Aadhaar data breach: Delhi Police registers FIR against scribe, The Tribune says 'story was in response to a very genuine concern'

  India | January 07, 2018 23:01 IST

  The FIR mentions the names of the journalist and the people the reporter reached out to purchase the Aadhaar data, but they have not been shown as accused, the police said.

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  Congress slams Modi govt for FIR against The Tribune; UIDAI says 'not shooting the messenger'

  India | January 07, 2018 21:04 IST

  "The government does not shy away from filing FIR against innocents, while those who spew communal propaganda are honoured with high posts," alleged party spokesperson Shobha Oza.

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  Aadhaar data fully safe, no breach possible, says UIDAI

  India | January 04, 2018 15:11 IST

  UIDAI denied breach or leak of Aadhaar data after a newspaper reported it bought unrestricted access to the details of over one billion Aadhaar numbers -- for just Rs 500.

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  Aadhaar data fully safe and secure, no breach possible, says UIDAI

  India | January 04, 2018 15:31 IST

  "The Aadhaar data, including biometric information, is fully safe and secure," the authority said in a statement.

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  Airtel debacle fallout: No change in subsidy-receiving account without customer’s nod, UIDAI tells banks

  Business | December 20, 2017 10:45 IST

  Subsidies totaling over Rs. 190 crore had flown into the 'unsolicited' accounts opened by Airtel Payments Bank.

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  UIDAI suspends Airtel, Airtel Payments Bank's eKYC licence over Aadhaar misuse

  Business | December 16, 2017 19:45 IST

  The UIDAI has temporarily barred Bharti Airtel and Airtel Payments Bank from conducting Aadhaar-based SIM verification of mobile customers using eKYC process as well as e-KYC of payments bank clients.