The Nandan Nilekani-led UID project has been touted as the world’s largest, most advanced, biometric database of personal identities. The government is likely to sort out differences between the home ministry and Planning Commission over data collection for UID cards this week. Many believe the project is meant to be more secure than the US’ Social Security Number (SSN) In the absence of a coherent privacy law, Indian CISOs aren’t buying that. When all transactions will get linked to a single number, the same may be used by various state agencies.”]
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