The Indian government introduced legislation this past week that will add a privacy protection framework to Aadhaar. Aadhaar, recognized as the world’s largest universal civil ID program and biometric database, is currently used by the Indian government to provide social services. To date, Aadhaar has issued over 900 million Aadhaar numbers, and has enrolled approximately 850 million people, with a goal of ultimately enrolling 1.28 billion people. The Indian government is anxious to register all Indian residents, in a bid
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