UPDATE: The govt plans to introduce these amendments in Parliament tomorrow (Jan 2nd). This is a continuation of the govt's doublespeak and constitutional fraud on Aadhaar. These amendments will once again allow rampant, commercial exploitation of citizens' personal data.
We request Members of Parliament to oppose the introduction of this Bill, which seeks to circumvent the Supreme Court's judgment of Aadhaar and allow private telecom service providers and banking companies to use Aadhaar-based authentication / e-KYC.
Instead, we demand that the government follow a democratic process and undertake a wide public consultation on all Aadhaar-related legislation. The amendments now proposed should also be scrutinized by the appropriate Parliamentary Standing Committee.
We also draw attention to the fact that the privacy and data security concerns stemming from Aadhaar-related frauds and scams continue to be sidestepped. We demand that the government introduce a strong, people-centric #DataProtectionBill, after adequate public consultation.
Read our full press statement on the #AadhaarAmendmentsBill here:
rethinkaadhaar.in/blog/2019/1/1/…
Thread by @apargupta84 on the proceedings today:
Our fears about the govt bulldozing through the #AadhaarAmendmentsBill seem to be well-founded! Bill listed for discussion tomorrow ahead of other pending Bills!
Also read this detailed account of today's brief but stormy introduction in #LokSabha of the #AadhaarAmendmentsBill
This thread by @tame_wildcard is another useful read on #AadhaarAmendmentsBill
More analysis, and background, by @rohithjyo here
This piece by @gopalsathe summarizes the discussion thus far around the #AadhaarAmendmentsBill
Analysis in @thewire_in of #AadhaarAmendmentsBill
thewire.in/government/why…
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