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#Parliament reconvenes today for the final #BudgetSession of this govt. We are watching out for two key bills: the Aadhaar Amendments Bill and the DNA Bill. Concerned citizens have sent a letter to @MVenkaiahNaidu and @narendramodi demanding withdrawal and scrutiny of the Bills. 
Briefly, the #AadhaarAmendmentsBill seeks to circumvent the SC Judgment on #Aadhaar and allow private entities to use Aadhaar-based biometric authentication/ eKYC. In effect, the Bill gives the govt power to create new laws allowing private entities to use the Aadhaar number.
We remain deeply concerned that the government has shown no urgency regarding the #DataProtectionBill, nor has it ensured that #Aadhaar-based authentication is used only on a purely voluntary basis even for subsidies and welfare schemes as recommended by the SC.
The #DNABill has just been passed in the Lok Sabha without even having a #DataProtection law in place. The Bill allows for #DNA Data Banks to be maintain data at the national and regional levels.
DNA can be used under this Bill for Civil and Criminal matters. #DNABill
DNA reveals a lot of sensitive personal information about an individual such as genetic diseases that the individual may be prone to acquire. #DNABill
