Tag: biometric data

When you get an Aadhaar card, you also give the government your biometric data as well which is your fingerprint and retinal scan data. This data can be used for Aadhaar verification, which means that (for example) when you submit an Aadhaar card as a proof of identity to get a SIM card, you can validate your identity with telecom company by simply swiping your fingerprint. By doing this, it can quickly authenticate the ID, speeding up things like KYC verification. However, there have been a couple of cases where people have claimed misuse of Aadhaar biometric authentication. People who haven't used their Aadhaar card for a while have received an email from UIDAI stating that their data has been accessed via biometric authentication. This is obviously quite alarming. All this can...