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The Aadhar-Privacy and Security challenges

'"Data is the new oil'' .In 21 century data  is  a important thing have huge potential . The Aadhar had been successful in better delivery of subsidies and services .  with over greater than 1.3 billion people had been registered or  99%  of the people above 18 had been registered.  the issue of aadhaar had been raised strongly by kerelas law and it minister ravi shankar  in the parliament. Among all the advantages by UIDAI issued aadhaar there had been some concerns about the public privacy and security at vital time when goverment is expanding its use at entry at airport,open bank account,use as a personal ID etc.  the UIDAI had said that are no loopholes in the privacy & security of peoples but literally there are potential backdoor  in database of UIDAI , even though UIDAI neglect them. 1. There are no audit and prosecution for the fake enrollment by agencies. 2 clear evidences are there when aadhar records are easily available from agencies or other sourc