Edward Snowden’s Statement on UID/Aadhaar Database & police case welcomed
Public Statement Edward Snowden’s Statement on UID/Aadhaar Database & police case welcomed Supreme Court’s Right to Privacy verdict refers to Snowden’s disclosures Wikileaks leaked a document showing that UID/Aadhaar database is “the key identifier through the individual’s various life events” Citizens Forum for Civil Liberties (CFCL) welcomes the statement of Edward Snowden on police case against the journalist who revealed colossal breach in Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) of 12-digit biometric Unique Identification (UID)/Aadhaar Numbers of Indian residents who have lived in India for at least 182 days. On the police case against the reporter for reporting about breach in UID/Aadhaar database, Snowden said, “The journalists exposing the #Aadhaar breach deserve an award, not an investigation. If the government were truly concerned for justice, they would be reforming the policies that destroyed the privacy of a billion Indians. Want to arrest those re...