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UIDAI on Using Aadhar data in crime investigations
Recently, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has told the Delhi High Court that fingerprints found at a crime scene cannot be matched against the Aadhaar database to identify criminals. Why did UIDAI object to using fingerprints for identifying criminals? According to UIDAI, using fingerprints to identify criminals is against the Aadhaar Act 2016. ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Aadhar • Crime investigation • Privacy • UIDAI
Directions to VPN providers to collect customer data
Recently, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a new directive to Virtual private network (VPN) service providers. What is the directive about? The CERT-In directive mandates that Virtual private network (VPN) service providers must maintain all customer data for five years. What data should be maintained by the VPN service providers? The CERT-In ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Anonymity • CERT-In • MEITY • Privacy • VPN
Facebook Data leak, 2021
The personal data of more than 533 million Facebook users has been leaked online recently. The exposed data included personal information of the Facebook users from more than 106 countries. This also included records of 32 million users in the US, 11 million in UK and 6 million in India. What is Facebook Data Leak, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Data Leak • Facebook • Facebook acquisition • Information Technology Act • Mark Zuckerberg • Privacy • WhatsApp
Special Marriage Act
The Allahabad High Court recently ruled that couples planning to marry under Special Marriage Act shall choose not to publish thirty-day notice before registering their marriage. According to the judgement, the provisions of the act invade the fundamental rights of liberty and privacy. That is, putting a prior notice that provides the details of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Fundamental rights • Liberty • Marriage • Privacy • Special Marriage Act
Corona Kavach: Application launched by GoI to locate a COVID-19 positive patient
On April 2, 2020, the Government of India launched Corona Kavach application to map the location of a COVID-19 positive patient through GPS. Highlights The application has been launched by India after learning about its success in the countries such as South Korea and Singapore. The “Corona Kavach” application tracks the data of the user ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: AYUSH Drug • Corona Kavach • Corona virus • COVID-19 • Drugs • hydroxychloroquine • lock down • mobile application • Privacy