Esha Gupta used the platform to raise a complaint against the UIDAI service and lashed out on them after their weak response.
In a statement, UIDAI said that its Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) and servers are completely safe and fully secure. No illegal access was made to its CIDR and no data has been stolen from its servers, UIDAI said in a statement.
Based on a complaint by officials of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the Cyberabad Police on Friday filed another case against city-based IT Grids India Pvt Ltd for alleged unauthorised use of data of voters
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Aadhaar number is a 12-digit random number issued by the UIDAI -- Unique Identification Authority of India-- to the residents of India.
The UIDAI told a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao that using Aadhaar biometrics to identify bodies would be contrary to the Aadhaar Act.
Aadhaar issuing body UIDAI has asserted that schools cannot make the 12-digit biometric identifier a pre-condition for student admission and warned that doing so will be against the recent order of the Supreme Court.
A petitioner through his plea, has said his Constitutional rights have been violated due to the negligence of UIDAI.
Pandey, a 1984-batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, would continue to hold the additional charge of UIDAI CEO and Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) Chairman till further instructions.
The own employees of the authority will directly supervise the kendras, the UIDAI sources said.
Physical Aadhaar card can be used for verification in an offline mode if produced voluntarily, the UIDAI clarified.
AEPS is a payment service developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) allowing banks, financial institutions to use 'Aadhaar' number and online UIDAI authentication for transactions through their respective business correspondent service centres.
The proposed number for disconnection doing the rounds in the mentioned reports is almost half of the number of mobile phones in the country.
As per legal understanding of the authority so far, offline options are in conformity with the recent Supreme Court ruling, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said.
A circular to this effect has already been issued to the telecom service providers (TSPs), including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and others.
"There was broad discussion with the minister on things that can be done to ensure compliance with the Supreme Court judgement. He has asked UIDAI to work on it," an official source told PTI.
Stating that private entities or individuals cannot avail Aadhaar data to provide consumer services, the apex court struck down Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act which allowed sharing of data with private entities.
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The apex court's five-judge Constitution bench said Aadhaar means unique and it is better to be unique than being best.
The top court said Aadhaar is serving much bigger public interest and Aadhaar means unique and it is better to be unique than being best.
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