Security researcher Srinivas Kodali has reported another leak of Aadhaar numbers, this time, of school going children, along with details of their school, class, medium (language) and date of birth. https://twitter.com/digitaldutta/status/989696476212183040 Security researcher Srinivas Kodali has reported several leaks of data in the past. Notably the leak of over 130 million Aadhaar linked details last year and the leaks of surveillance enabling data and data of MNREGA workers this week. This isn't the first time that government websites have leaked data of citizens. Srinivas Kodali has also reported a leak of 500,000 to 600,000 Aadhaar details of children by a Telangana Government website last year. The government has repeatedly denied leaks and breaches of Aadhaar data, including in replies to direct questions in the Parliament: As on date, no incident of data breach has been reported from Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). MediaNama's take Children in India are legally not able to consent, and making the providing of Aadhaar mandatory in schools forces enrollment with the "consent" of the guardian. However, in reality the parent or guardian has no choice but to get the Aadhaar made, so the consent is illusory. This had been a point of argument by petitioners in the constitutional challenge to Aadhaar being heard by a 5 judge bench in the Supreme Court of India. Leaks of information of this sort further compromise the privacy of children and can make them vulnerable to criminals who can use such information…
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