Analytical study of Privacy and Security ways of Aadhar

Privacy and Security of Aadhar

This study examines the role Aadhar plays in the lives of the recipients while investigating the privacy and security issues the system entails. This paper will take into account an analysis of the Aadhar system and its various privacy and security requirements. The author will consider the ongoing debate about the privacy of biometric data and un-granted access to Aadhar data to provide with appropriate recommendations and possible solutions. The study also works around the issue of authentications and verification without consent and other cracks in the Aadhar Project with the assistance of risk assessment. In doing so the Author has made use of SWOT and model development to reach a satisfactory conclusion. These type of analysis has assisted the Author to identify the issue with the original Aadhar model and address them by suggesting the adoption of few modern techniques from the technical point of view and a change in system framework in the modern digital setting. This study also attempts to identify various gaps in the system and recommend a plan of action and process change that can be appointed to enhance the success rate of the project. As the report revolves around the privacy and security of Aadhar, issues like UIDAI and central repository are broken into its constituent parts to understand how they interrelate to one another. Issues such as legal framework, human error in the system and poor model structure are elaborated and explored to examine different ways in which the legal and privacy framework can be constructed. The study lastly has conducted a systematic review of reports, articles, newspapers and government reports relating to Aadhar to understand means of evasion and various consequences inadequate privacy has on the citizens of India.

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