In an increasingly digital world, in which artificial intelligence and big data are converging, there’s ostensibly no place to hide. The Aadhaar Act was passed on the presumption that it is voluntary but later its use was being made mandatory. An ecosystem started developing around Aadhaar,” said Duggal.That ecosystem “is flawed as it does not address cybersecurity, privacy and security of data issues. Pandey, for his part, maintained that the “SC judgment has not said anything about the Aadhaar Act”.The SC judgment overturned a 63-yearold ruling that refused to recognise privacy as a fundamental right. The SC judgment could now accelerate that.

Source: Economic Times August 26, 2017 18:32 UTC