Platformland #9

Aadhaar amendments, GDS FOI, e-residency changes, github watch, NZ & DE design systems, social credit, identity

Platform news

• 🇮🇳 The Aadhaar Amendment Bill passed through the lower house of the Indian parliament. This article provides a summary of the changes which include new penalties for misuse of data, the ability of children to opt out when they reach 18 and voluntary linking of Aadhaar KYC to mobile phone and bank accounts

• 🇬🇧 A freedom of information request has been submitted to the UK Government Digital Service regarding the status of a new Government as a Platform product called 'Submit'. It's due to be answered by the 16th January.

• 🇪🇪 Kaspar Korjus, the Managing Director of Estonia’s e-Residency programme, has written a farewell blog post. It follows the publication of the e-Residency 2.0 white paper in December.