Trickle Up theory and the 'death of privacy' by Usha Ramanathan

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Lawyer Usha Ramanathan has been one of the most vociferous voices against the Unique Identification Authority of India's Aadhaar project. She represented petitioners in one of the many cases against the UIDAI that the Supreme Court collectively heard arguements this May. At a public talk, hosted by the Centre for Law and Policy Research in Bangalore, Ramanthan spoke about the numerous problematic facets of the biometric-based Aadhaar project. This 5-part series highlights some of those arguments. Data is the new oil. And with Aadhaar, it will be possible for the 1% of the rich to use the personally identifiable information of Aadhaar holders to create more wealth for themselves. This is the trickle-up theory.