The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that vulnerability of citizens' demographic and biometric data collected under Aadhaar to leaks is itself the violation of their right to privacy.
The government body clarified that preference to more attractive plastic or PVC smart cards can make people fall to ploys of unscrupulous elements.
The UIDAI on Sunday sought to allay fears over data protection and privacy issues around the 12 digit biometric identifier, asserting that Aadhaar is an identification not a profiling tool.
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Friday said it will be able to eliminate multiple account numbers of an individual once the process of linking Aadhaar is complete.
Congress leader and former union minister Manish Tewari slammed the government saying “Aadhaar has now become a tool for state surveillance of individuals”.
The former UIDAI chief said it has introduced a virtual identification for ID holders so that the actual number need not be shared by the people to authenticate their identity.
Instead of penalising the reporter, UIDAI should have ordered a thorough internal investigation into the alleged breach and made its findings public, the Editor's Guild said.
UIDAI denied breach or leak of Aadhaar data after a newspaper reported it bought unrestricted access to the details of over one billion Aadhaar numbers -- for just Rs 500.
Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said there have been no specific reports that some people were providing illegal accommodation to Rohingyas.
Facebook said it ran a small test to help new users understand how to sign up to the social network with their real name and connect with their friends and family.
There was no proposal to make Aadhaar linkage mandatory for property transactions, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court also ruled new bank accounts can be opened without Aadhaar but applicant needs to submit proof that he has applied for the card.
The government has already issued 139 notifications mandating the linking of Unique Identification Number with various schemes including rural job guarantee, old age pensions, provident fund and the Jan Dhan Yojana.
Failing to link Aadhaar with services like bank accounts and mobile numbers could lead to unnecessary trouble.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy-making body for the Income Tax Department, last week extended the deadline for this linkage to March 31 next year.
The deadlines for linking of bank accounts and mobile numbers with Aadhaar are December 31, 2017 and February 6, 2018 respectively.
As per the board, the proposed system would help in transfer of funds on the same day to beneficiaries, availability of the facility of Aadhaar enabled transfer of funds and reduction in bank charges for transaction.
As many as 500 missing children have been traced over the last few months through Aadhaar, the CEO of UIDAI, Ajay Bhushan Pandey, said on Friday.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Monday that Aadhaar data is completely safe and secure.
The UIDAI said it had taken note of the breach and got the data removed from those websites.
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