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India expands Aadhaar authentication for businesses, raising privacy concerns | TechCrunch

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The Indian IT ministry has eased restrictions on its Aadhaar authentication service to let businesses including e-commerce, travel, hospitality, and healthcare use the verification system to authenticate their customers.

The update has raised privacy concerns as New Delhi has yet to define the guardrails it would consider to avoid misuse of individuals’ biometric IDs.

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