A day after an RTI inquiry reply by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said that Aadhaar details leaked in websites hit news channels, the Aadhaar issuing authority now dismiss all reports. The UIDAI said today that the Aadhaar data is completely safe and secure.
On reacting with the news it said that the Aadhaar number is not a secret number and it is to be shared with authorized agencies if one wishes to avail a certain service or benefit of government welfare schemes or other services.
It also said that the Aadhaar data is fully safe and secure and there has been no data leak or breach at UIDAI. The authority said in response to a report based on an RTI that 210 government websites made Aadhaar information public.
“There was no breach or leakage of Aadhaar data from UIDAI database or server…,” it said in a statement. The UIDAI had said in the RTI reply that it “found that approximately 210 websites of central government, state government departments including educational institutes were displaying the list of beneficiaries along with their name, address, other details and Aadhaar numbers for information of general public”.
The UIDAI said the data which was placed in the public domain as a measure of proactive disclosure under the RTI Act by the government and institutional websites included beneficiary’s name, address, bank account and other details including Aadhaar number.
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