It is absolutely necessary
The Supreme Court judgment on the issue of whether Aadhaar violates the right to privacy is eagerly awaited across the country. Let us start taking steps towards blocking all loopholes and removing all roadblocks in terms of cybersecurity and privacy violations and other concerns regarding Aadhaar in a cogent, cohesive manner, before India as a nation can move forward for the purposes of enjoying the fruits and benefits of Aadhaar. In such a scenario, any breach of information on the Aadhaar ecosystem will prejudicially impact not just the privacy of an individual, but it will also have a bearing upon the citizen’s enjoyment of other fundamental rights. He can be reached at pavan@pavanduggal.42nd Day Of Lockdown Total Cases 49,368 2,934 Recovered 13,739 894 Deaths Manipur220 Mizoram110 Arunachal Pradesh110 Opinion, Oped Plug Aadhaar loopholes, make it more secure Pavan DuggalThe writer, a Supreme Court advocate, is a renowned cybersecurity law expert, and is the chairman of the International Commission on Cybersecurity Law.Today, with massive breaches of cybersecurity emerging, it is extremely clear that the Aadhaar ecosystem is not at all safe.
It is absolutely necessary to revisit the existing legal, technical and cybersecurity frameworks concerning Aadhaar before relying upon Aadhaar as a de facto national vehicle and platform for the purposes of transforming India into a knowledge society and economy. There is no denying the fact that Aadhaar is no normal information, but it is personally identifiable data, as well as being sensitive personal data. However, after that, the government started changing its course midway and began to connect various services to Aadhaar. Rather than addressing these challenges in a cogent manner, India has chosen to remain silent on such disclosures.Needless to say, if not properly handled, Aadhaar could potentially open up the doors for state and non-state actors to interfere in the Aadhaar ecosystem and hence trying to impact India’s sovereignty and cyber sovereignty.However, the recent case reported by The Tribune of significant leakage of sensitive Aadhaar data is far more dangerous in its ramifications.
