On August 1, an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus was arrested by the Karnataka police on the charges of illegally accessing the Aadhaar data of people 31-year-old Abhinav Srivastav's arrest has intensified the debate over security of Aadhaar data and protection of privacy of the citizenry.
The software development engineer, according to police, accessed Aadhaar information in January this year through his Aadhaar e-KYC app. This app was available on the Google Play store till recently.

On the other hand, the Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on right to privacy. The apex court is considering if the right to privacy can be fundamental under the right to life and personal liberty provision of the Constitution.

The right to privacy case in the Supreme Court assumes significance in the wake of reports of unauthorised access to and misuse of bio-metric data recorded under Aadhaar project of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).