“Aadhaar data remains fully safe and secure, and people should stay away from such rumours and malicious campaign by vested interests", said UIDAI.
The UIDAI’s clarification came after it faced backlash on social media over the default inclusion of '1800-300-1947' in contact list of Android phones.
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the use of the unique identification mechanism has ensured savings of over Rs 90,000 crore by eliminating middlemen.
The UIDAI’s warning comes days after TRAI chief RS Sharma’s Aadhaar dare created a flutter on social media.
The court also directed the government to widely publicise the benefits of such schemes and the requirements for registration as many women appeared unaware about them.
The TRAI chairman's open dare and subsequent claims of his personal details being put out publicly was also raised in Parliament on Monday when Opposition lawmakers demanded him to apologise
UIDAI asserted that any information pertaining to Sharma wasn't fetched from Aadhaar database or UIDAI's servers.
Sharma’s tweet evoked an immediate response on social media platform, with one user claiming to have dug up his mobile number using the information given.
The apex court has a lengthy list of matters for today with cause list running into hundreds of pages.
It is the fifth time the government has extended the deadline for individuals to link their Permanent Account Number (PAN) to their biometric ID (Aadhaar).
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has mandated the use of Virtual Identification from July 1.
The UIADA’s statement comes a day after the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) made a case for limited Aadhaar data access for the police to crack crimes.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has extended the deadline for service providers like banks and telecom companies to deploy virtual ID (VID) system by a month.
A five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Ashok Bhushan reserved the verdict after hearing the petitions for over 38 days starting January 17.
It will continue to be in place till the pronouncement of the verdict by the apex court on petitions challenging the validity of the Aadhaar Act.
Asked if India's Aadhaar technology is worth emulating by other countries, he replied, "Yes". "The benefits of that (basic ID -- Aadhaar) are very high," Bill Gates said.
The statement comes after some social media and online news channel reports suggested that key Aadhaar software was available in the black market which purportedly bypasses operators biometric authentication and facilitates making of Aadhaar cards without any documents.
“No confirmed data leakage has been established or observed so far. As part of the data security and protection, EPFO has taken advance action by closing the server and host service through CSC pending vulnerability checks,” EPFO said.
The move comes after the Supreme Court rapped the Centre over using its earlier on ‘mandatory authentication of users’ as a ‘tool’ by asking telecom operators to link their mobile numbers with Aadhaar.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday raised questions over the government's decision ordering mandatory seeding of mobile numbers with Aadhaar and said its earlier order on mandatory authentication of the users was used as a "tool".
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