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Don't deny essential services for want of Aadhaar: UIDAI
India | Feb 10, 2018, 09:36 PM ISTIn 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 | Feb 07, 2018, 06:33 AM ISTThe 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 | Jan 29, 2018, 08:19 AM ISTThe 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 | Jan 18, 2018, 09:26 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 18, 2018, 08:02 AM ISTThe 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 | Jan 17, 2018, 07:46 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 15, 2018, 08:17 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 11, 2018, 10:07 PM ISTUsing 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 | Jan 11, 2018, 03:13 PM ISTDelhi 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 | Jan 10, 2018, 08:06 PM ISTUIDAI 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 | Jan 10, 2018, 12:27 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 09, 2018, 12:00 PM ISTCriticising 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 | Jan 08, 2018, 04:46 PM 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 | Jan 08, 2018, 09:53 AM ISTInstead 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 | Jan 07, 2018, 11:01 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 07, 2018, 09:04 PM 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 | Jan 04, 2018, 03:11 PM ISTUIDAI 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 | Jan 04, 2018, 03:31 PM 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 | Dec 20, 2017, 10:45 AM ISTSubsidies 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 | Dec 16, 2017, 07:45 PM ISTThe 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.