India's Aadhaar ID System Leads to Court Hearing on Privacy Issues
There could be far-reaching implications for tech companies and residents when it comes to privacy.
July 28, 2017 at 10:00 AM
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The Supreme Court in India is hearing arguments this week about whether the right to privacy is an absolute right—and the outcome could impact both residents and businesses.
The arguments stem from the use of Aadhaar, a controversial identity number system. “Aadhaar is a unique identity number issued to all residents of India based on biometric and demographic data,” Vikramaditya Khanna, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, explained to Legaltech News. “Over 1.1 billion people in India have an Aadhaar number, making it the world's largest biometric ID system.”
He explained that Aadhaar has multiple goals, “from being a portal to provide various government services/facilities to being a way to prevent fraud/siphoning of resources to surveillance for law enforcement to a variety of other purposes.”
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