Aadhaar is being very successfully used — by fraudsters. Blame it on ubiquity combined with lax controls. While the unique ID was conceived...

Those who already have Aadhaar are able to avail of the benefits of welfare schemes. But Aadhaar coverage is low in Assam compared with the...

The total permanent account numbers (PANs) which are linked with Aadhaar number as on January 27, 2020, is 30,75,02,824, minister of state ...

Telcos say high cost of using Aadhaar database will force operators to transfer the expenses to the customer.

"Customers will need to call their operators to check about point of sales or service where they need to go with request for deletion of Aa...

The bench pointed that people provide personal information to private companies while getting mobile connection and insurance, so why are t...

The reporter of the Tribune newspaper has been booked under the Indian Penal Code sections 419 and various other sections.

The data theft at a private bank earlier this year shocked many and there were questions whether a merchant can store and misuse biometric ...

All kinds of powerful people starting dedicating time to fighting this assault on privacy.

Companies called ‘data brokers’ hawk their services on online listings and sell personal information for anywhere between Rs 10,000 and Rs ...

There is no clarity as to how the transaction will flow, if the customer will need to swipe his card, punch the Aadhaar number or whether t...

The government is looking to assure petitioners holding reservations about the unique identity number scheme that it meets the norms that t...

In a first for any domestic bank, DCB Bank has started an Aadhaar-based ATM usage facility wherein one can transact using his biometric det...

Bankers have been trying to tell RBI about drawbacks of the plan to let customers use fingerprints to withdraw money from ATMs and pay for ...

All new credit card swipe machines and ATMs will be required to have a mechanism for Aadhaar authentication using biometrics.

An RBI-appointed panel of bankers will decide on the appropriate technology for retail payments in a month.

The gulf between drawing-board plans and ground realities of a nation fighting for technological advances is posing new challenges.