She said that Addhar was meant to provide services to the poor and was never meant to provide data
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New Delhi: Opposing the Aadhar Bill 2016 in Lok Sabha, TMC MP Mahua Moitra stated that the bill lacks transparency and violates Supreme Court judgment on Thursday. "How can I be debating the bill and be able to give assent for something I am not clear about and which is not transparent about, sir," she stated asking for more transparency in the measure during a debate on the bill.
Mahua Moitra, TMC in LS on Aadhaar&Other Laws (Amendment) Bill,'19: I'm giving up my bio-metric data, my most personal data to a pvt agency. If Aadhar ecosystem fails you're saying that there are viable means to recourse but I don't know what they are. They haven't been specified pic.twitter.com/4pLl3iIQaC
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"This bill strikes at the very heart of the primacy of an individual, and privacy of an individual's data. This is what the Supreme Court in their judgement also tried to talk about. There are three very problematic clauses in this amended bill," added Mahua Moitra. She also stated that Addhar bill was meant to provide services to the poor and was never meant to provide data. "Aadhar has become a way to give information for Pvt entities, my bank who has contracted to me, my telecom provider who has no business getting my biometric information", stated the TMC MP.
"I'm giving up my biometric data, my most personal data to a private agency. If Aadhar ecosystem fails you're saying that there are viable means to recourse but I don't know what they are. They haven't been specified," said the TMC MP. Speaking about section 5 of the bill, Mahua Moitra said, "There is no standard of privacy and security today. There is no Data Protection Act. In the absence of data protection, how can you ask me to give up my information to a private agency? This is integral to the Bill, you can't have the cart before the horse. You give us recourse put a viable framework we will give assent there is no problem."
Earlier in the Lok Sabha, Mahua Moitra, the Trinamool Congress MP submitted a breach of privilege motion against Zee TV and its editor Sudhir Chaudhary for allegedly falsely reporting her maiden address in the Lower House of Parliament.
With inputs from PTI
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