Aadhaar, AI, and Your Data: India's Privacy Tightrope

Explore India's journey with the Aadhaar system, the world's largest digital identity program, designed to provide unique identification to over 1.3 billion residents and revolutionize financial services. Delve into the complex challenges of balancing ubiquitous identification with robust cybersecurity threats, including AI-driven attacks, rampant malware, and significant data breaches, alongside persistent concerns about individual privacy and potential mass surveillance. We'll examine the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) 2023, with its consent-centric approach and new obligations for data fiduciaries, as India navigates this evolving digital landscape to safeguard data rights.