Our resources on Aadhaar

Aadhaar, the unique biometric identification project of UIDAI has been at the center of many debates since its inception. Among other things, concerns have been raised regarding privacy, and security of the sensitive biometric data of residents of the country. As a part of our digital privacy project, we have been tracking Aadhaar and its related developments, analysing the Aadhaar Act, 2016, creating time-line of the scheme, following the judicial orders, and pending litigations, along with cataloging the violations of the Supreme Court’s orders dated 11th August, and 15th October, 2015.

Following is the consolidated list of our blog posts, and opinion pieces around the Aadhaar scheme:

Our Blog Posts:

1. Aadhaar on trial: The litigations around Aadhaar
   January 5, 2017

    

   https://sflc.in/aadhaar-on-trial-the-litigations-around-aadhaar/

2. Summary Report: Discussion on Understanding Aadhaar through the Lens of Technology
   October 7, 2016

    

   https://sflc.in/summary-report-discussion-on-understanding-aadhaar-through-the-lens-oftechnology/

3. Discussion on ‘Understanding Aadhaar through thelens of technology and security’(Sept 5, 2016)
   September 2, 2016

    

   https://sflc.in/discussion-on-understanding-aadhaar-through-the-lens-of-technology-and-securitysept-5-2016/

4. Cataloguing violations of Supreme Court’s orderson Aadhaar
   August 17, 2016

    

   https://sflc.in/cataloguing-violations-supreme-courts-orders-aadhaar

5. Journey of Aadhaar – Graphical Illustration
   July 13, 2016

    

   https://sflc.in/journey-of-aadhaar-graphical-illustration/

6. Journey of Aadhaar
   May 21, 2016

    

   https://sflc.in/journey-of-aadhaar/

7. How Parliament Debated the Aadhaar Bill, 2016
   May 21, 2016

    

   https://sflc.in/how-parliament-debated-the-aadhaar-bill-2016/

8. Evaluating the Aadhaar Bill against the National Privacy Principles
   March 11, 2016

    

   https://sflc.in/evaluating-the-aadhaar-bill-against-the-national-privacy-principles/

Our opinion pieces:

1. ‘Putting all Aadhaar data in one big box is ill-advised’: Mishi Choudhary
   November 9, 2016

    

   https://sflc.in/putting-all-aadhaar-data-in-one-big-box-is-ill-advised-mishi-choudhary/

2. Yahoo!: A cautionary tale
   October 19, 2016

    

   http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Yahoo-A-cautionary-tale/article16074916.ece

3. Three Privacy Principles that India Must Uphold
   March 25, 2016

    

   https://thewire.in/25843/three-privacy-principles-that-india-must-uphold/

4. Why lack of right to privacy will hurt India’s freedom
   March 21, 2016

    

   http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/technology/why-lack-of-right-to-privacy-will-hurt-indias-freedom/51488033

5. Without rules, Sahibs may own your data
   March 21, 2016

    

   http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-commentary/without-rulessahibs-may-own-your-data/

6. Aadhaar and the right to privacy
   October 20, 2015

    

   http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/aadhaar-and-the-right-toprivacy/article7781020.ece