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Sashwata Saha
UIDAI Made Rs 240 Crore Via eKYC Authentication over 21 Months: RTI
25 Jun 2021
Did you know that each time you fill up an eKYC form for some digital service or another, you pay the UIDAI Rs 20 for essentially syncing your Aadhaar data with a third party database?
The Leaflet
Evident That BJP May Have Obtained Personal Details of Voters: Madras HC
27 Mar 2021
Court rebukes UIDAI for not ascertaining how there was a data leak.
Newsclick Report
After Telangana, Aadhaar Data of 2 Crore Punjab Residents Seized From IT Company
26 Apr 2019
IT Grids, which is a Hyderabad based IT company, had also built the Seva Mitra app for TDP and had been previously booked for possessing data of 7.82 crore residents of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Newsclick Report
‘No Evidence of Aadhaar Improving Welfare Delivery’
24 Apr 2019
Government claims Aadhaar and DBT helped saving 1.2 trillion since 2014, however savings are likely a result of genuine beneficiaries being excluded.
Sumedha Pal
Data of 7.8 Crore Voters Leaked, UIDAI Busts Its Own Claims on Aadhaar Safety
17 Apr 2019
NewsClick Editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about this incident in the context of Aadhaar's controversial history.
Newsclick Report
Aadhaar Data Theft: UIDAI Busts its Own Claim, Flags ‘National Security’ Concern
16 Apr 2019
The Cyberabad Police’s FIR against IT Grids for data theft of 7,82 crore people confirms the scenario that Aadhaar case petitioners had been pointing out about it being a privacy and national…
Newsclick Production
#10YearChallenge: Aadhaar Edition
29 Jan 2019
Aadhaar, a scheme that was introduced as a mechanism for change and better administration of welfare schemes, was soon exposed as a mere tool for controlling and surveilling the entire country.
Newsclick Report
SBI Alleges Aadhaar Data Misuse
29 Jan 2019
State Bank of India claims it could not have approved multiple station IDs, as was being projected by UIDAI which has denied any security breach.
Vivan Eyben
Is Aadhaar Amendment Bill Meant to Save Indian Fintech Firms?
03 Jan 2019
Since the verdict in September last year, no notifications have been issued for Aadhaar data to be deleted or destroyed by private entities.
Vivan Eyben
Aadhaar is Creeping Back Despite Supreme Court’s Judgement
03 Dec 2018
The focus at present appears to be finding a way to allow private corporations to use Aadhaar.