Aadhaar Exclusion (DPDP Act S.17(2))

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• Biometric Privacy Law: EU GDPR, India DPDP and US BIPAProvision that exempts processing covered by the Aadhaar Act 2016 from the general DPDP Act regime, meaning UIDAI biometric data is governed exclusively by the...