There is some hope for these companies, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying there was a need for legislative backing for private companies that were using Aadhaar. Adding that a careful reading of the judgment is required, Jaitley said this could be "temporary".
The ministry of home affairs has made the use of Aarogya Setu app mandatory for all employees, both private and public, and pinned the responsibility for compliance on the head of respective organisations.
Data localisation, an overarching theme across recent government policy proposals, has been a thorny issue with industry
'People, whose sensitive information has been leaked by State agencies or companies having license from UIDAI to access the Aadhaar database, can file suits, collectively or individually.'
The Indian market regulator had revamped the FPI regulations in 2014 giving custodians the mandate to collect and verify the KYC documentation of offshore investors
They are asking TRAI to reject the plan in the interest of protecting the citizens' right to use Internet
TRAI said that Internet service providers would not be allowed to discriminate on pricing of data access for different web services.
The programme has triggered a huge debate in India.
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