Gopal Krishna

The States should un-sign the MoUs they have signed with UIDAI and discontinue both UID/Aadhaar and NPR exercise

India's identity crisis: Nine reasons to fear National Population Register (NPR) and Aadhaar

by Gopal Krishna |Feb 4, 2020

There is a compelling logic for setting up a high powered commission of inquiry to probe the ongoing bartering of citizen's databases and transfer of national data assets to foreign entities

Why the promised Right to Privacy and Data Protection Law hasn't been enacted yet

by Gopal Krishna |Aug 30, 2019

Notably, a Personal Data Protection (Draft) Bill, was presented to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, by the Committee of Experts under the Chairmanship of Justice B. N. Srikr...

Why right to privacy is an absolute fundamental right

by Gopal Krishna |Nov 24, 2017

Prior to this Act, biometric identification was required only for prisoners under Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920.

Aadhaar is not bipartisan, mired in authoritarianism

by Gopal Krishna |Oct 24, 2017

The following facts reveal that the claim of bipartisan support is an exercise in factual misrepresentation.

Will Aadhaar Cause Death of Civil Rights?

by Gopal Krishna |Mar 20, 2017

In the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) of 12-digit biometric Unique Identification (UID)/Aadhaar numbers, an Indian resident can be seen by anyone from any part of the planet, but they cant ...