UIDAI says to Obtain residents’ informed consent before Aadhaar authentications
UIDAI says to Obtain residents’ informed consent before Aadhaar authentications
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The UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) on Monday said entities are required to obtain residents’ informed consent either on paper or electronically prior to carrying out Aadhaar authentications under the new guidelines for requesting entities.

UIDAI has urged Requesting entities, which carry out online authentications, to make certain that residents understand the type of data being collected and the purpose of Aadhaar authentications.

It has highlighted that logs of authentication transactions including the consent taken are kept only for the period as outlined in the Aadhaar Regulations. And purging of such logs after expiry of the said time period shall also be done as per the Aadhaar Act and its rules.

Requesting entities are engaged in providing Aadhaar authentication services to residents. They are responsible for submitting the Aadhaar number and demographic/ biometric One-Time-Passward information to the Central Identities Data Repository for the purpose of authentication.

The authority has also urged Requesting entities  to immediately report to the UIDAI about any suspicious activity around authentications such as suspected impersonation by residents, or any compromise or fraud by any authentication operator.

UIDAI has guided Requesting entities to store an Aadhaar number only if it is authorized to do so, and in the manner as prescribed by the UIDAI.

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