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title: "Rethink Aadhaar Writes To Home Affairs Committee On Security Issues Of Aadhaar"
description: "This week’s stellar investigation by the Tribune, Chandigarh has definitively exposed the fragility of the security of the UID project. Activists, scholars, experts and academics have been warning of..."
pubDate: 2018-01-05
author: Rethink Aadhaar
category: Uncategorized
originalUrl: https://rethinkaadhaar.in/blog/rethink-aadhaar-writes-to-home-affairs-committee-on-security-issues-of-aadhaar
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This week’s stellar investigation by the Tribune, Chandigarh has definitively exposed the fragility of the security of the UID project. Activists, scholars, experts and academics have been warning of the insecurity of the Aadhaar database since its inception.
Following the Supreme Court's landmark judgment upholding privacy as a Fundamental Right, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs decided to review the Aadhaar project based on the historic recognition of the tenets of privacy and security. As per news reports, officials of Home Affairs Ministry and UIDAI addressed concerns raised the Committee.

Rethink Aaadhar wrote to the Chairperson and Members of the committee on the 15th November, 2017 and 14th December, 2017. We raised several concerns including those related to privacy, security and data breaches. 

Our letters are attached along with a simple presentation of issues sent to the Committee.