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Tag: Aadhaar

Leaked Aadhaar numbers of 69,83,048 school children reported by a security researcher

April 27, 2018: Security researcher Srinivas Kodali has reported another leak of Aadhaar numbers, this time, of school going children, along with details of...

Maharashtra Directs Schools to Get Parental Consent for Student Unique IDs; Teachers Worried

APAAR stands for the Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry, also known as ‘One Nation, One Student ID.’ Educators have voiced their apprehensions about the Union...

Bill Gates says he is a fan of Aadhaar, claims it doesn’t harm privacy

Gates revealed that his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is funding several Aadhaar-like projects for the World Bank Related Article: Is the World Bank speaking the...

PM Modi pushes to link more welfare schemes with Aadhaar, use data for better planning

In a meeting, PM Modi also asked departmental secretaries to look into creating a task force for better data governance, citing an example of...

World Economic Forum Lauds India’s Biometric Digital ID System Tied To Digital Payments

The World Economic Forum is lauding India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) for revolutionizing digital payments and cited that it has saved the Indian economy approximately $67...

Indian citizens that don’t link account numbers to Digital ID will soon face financial blacklisting

December 13, 2022: Forcing the uptake of digital ID. India’s income tax administration has warned citizens that they should link their Permanent Account Numbers (PANs)...