India drops proposal to mandate national ID app Aadhaar on smartphones after pushbackIndia's government has dropped a proposal to pre-install the Aadhaar app on smartphones. This decision follows opposition from smartphone m...
17 Apr, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
ET View: EPFO must come out with full facts on data leakMerely issuing a denial as the EPFO has done is no way to handle IT systems involving public, Aadhaar or no Aadhaar.
03 May, 2018, 05.19 PM IST
Aadhaar Software: No data breach at UIDAI, CEO to Supreme CourtThe Aadhaar software is constantly upgraded to prevent any leaks, he said. “We are constantly on the vigil.”
28 Mar, 2018, 12.14 PM IST
Security experts say need to secure Aadhaar ecosystem, warn about third party leaksSecurity researchers warn that leaks are happening in third-party sites and agency should ensure that its ecosystem adopts measures to keep...
26 Mar, 2018, 01.56 PM IST
UIDAI trashes ZDNet report, refutes Aadhaar data leak claim by Delhi researcher“There is no truth in this story as there has been absolutely no breach of UIDAI’s Aadhaar database. Aadhaar remains safe and secure,” UIDA...
24 Mar, 2018, 09.12 PM IST
UIDAI says Aadhaar an identification, not profiling toolUIDAI dismissed concerns that linking of various information with Aadhaar could lead to government monitoring, surveillance or possible mis...
29 Jan, 2018, 06.47 AM IST
Unique question: Will we have a life after Aadhaar?Here's the most disturbing part: How much longer will it take for our most intimate details to fall into the paws of those who do not give ...
11 Jan, 2018, 10.57 AM IST
Editors Guild condemns FIR against journalist in Aadhaar data leak case, seeks govt interventionThe reporter of the Tribune newspaper has been booked under the Indian Penal Code sections 419 and various other sections.
08 Jan, 2018, 10.09 AM IST
UIDAI refutes reports of Aadhaar data snoop; says system secureThe statement by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) came after WikiLeaks hinted that CIA had allegedly accessed the Aadha...
27 Aug, 2017, 10.31 PM IST
WikiLeaks hints at CIA access to Aadhaar data, officials deny itCross Match Technologies also provides biometric solutions to the Unique Identification Authority of India, the statutory body for Aadhaar,...
26 Aug, 2017, 12.18 PM IST
Centre brings in new safeguards following cases of Aadhaar data leaks on government websitesThe move to protect personal data comes after reports that data of 130 million Aadhaar cardholders has been leaked from four government web...
02 Jun, 2017, 06.30 AM IST
No leak, biometric data safe, says UIDAIOfficial said just as bank accounts are not supposed to be made public there is a provision in the Aadhaar Act that prohibits putting Aadha...
03 May, 2017, 08.46 AM IST
Aadhaar numbers of 135 million may have been leaked, claims CIS reportWhen contacted, a senior official of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said that there was no breach in its own database...
02 May, 2017, 11.15 PM IST
IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad says Aadhaar data safe in encrypted formAsked about instances of Aadhaar data being leaked, the minister said anybody found guilty of leaking the data can be jailed for 3 years an...
27 Apr, 2017, 12.56 AM IST
Aadhaar leak: Privacy breach can dent major scheme, says Rahul GandhiThe glitch revealed the names, addresses, Aadhaar numbers and bank account details of the beneficiaries of Jharkhand's old-age pension sche...
24 Apr, 2017, 11.03 PM IST
UIDAI system foolproof, Aadhaar data can't be leaked: GovernmentWithout taking name of Dhoni's wife, he said she has raised the issue, claiming that the Ministry of Electronics and IT has admitted to the...
05 Apr, 2017, 10.10 PM IST
No data leak from Aadhaar system: GovernmentMinister of State for Electronics & IT and Law and Justice P P Chaudhary said in the Lok Sabha that there was no leakage of Aadhaar data fr...
05 Apr, 2017, 03.12 PM IST