The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its concerns over misuse of Aadhaar data by private firms. You say that you do not know the purpose of authentication and the data at your (UIDAI) end is safe. AUA may be a private entity, what are the safeguards, if AUA parts with the sensitive information," the bench asked the UIDAI CEO. Also read Supreme Court denies extending Aadhaar linking deadline to welfare schemes"Let us have a robust law to protect the data of citizens. Sharing of information, except core biometrics, would require permission of the district court concerned, the UIDAI CEO said.

Source: dna March 28, 2018 05:39 UTC