So far as UIDAI is concerned, it responds to such verification requests by replying either ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. They do not send your bank account or its details to UIDAI. When you give Aadhaar number to your banks, mutual fund companies, mobile phone companies, they only send Aadhaar number, your biometrics (given at the time authentication) and your name etc to UIDAI for verification for your identity. In fact, Section 32(3) of the Aadhaar Act 2016 specifically prohibits UIDAI from controlling, collecting, keeping or maintaining any information about the purpose of authentication either by itself or through any entity.Ģ) But when I link my bank accounts, shares, mutual funds and my mobile phones with Aadhaar, will UIDAI not get these information?Ībsolutely No. Rest assured, UIDAI does not have your information about family, caste, religion, education, bank accounts, shares, mutual funds, financial and property details, health records etc and will never have these information in its database.

(b) Ten finger prints, two IRIS scans, facial photograph UIDAI database has only the following information -(a) Your name, address, DOB, gender, date of birth Will they be used to track my activities?Ībsolutely false. Below are the answers to all your doubts about Aadhaar:ġ) UIDAI has all my data including biometrics, bank account, PAN, etc. There were a number of unanswered questions that created a lot of confusion among the people.Įven as a five-judge Constitution Bench is hearing a crucial case on its validity, the UIDAI has issued detailed FAQs on the safety and security of the Aadhaar database. The incident led to a big debate over the security of Aadhaar database. The Unique Identification Authority of India ( UIDAI) had clarified that it was just a case of unauthorised access to the Aadhaar website and no biometric data was stolen.

After a recent report exposed how access to the Aadhaar database could be bought on the internet only for Rs 500, a lot of concerns were expressed over the security of private data of citizens on the government portal.

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