No Aadhaar Data Breach From Our End, UIDAI Chief Tells Supreme Court

No Aadhaar Data Breach From Our End, UIDAI Chief Tells Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court Accepted Questionnaire From Petitioners On The UIDAI Presentation

In a continuation of the presentation to defend Aadhaar in the Supreme Court, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey on Tuesday said that there has been no data “breach of biometric data from our end”.

Addressing the five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court, which is listening to petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016, Pandey said,  “Aadhaar is privacy by design and biometric is not shared with anybody except for purposes of national security. UIDAI simply processed authentication requests and did not collect the reason or location from where the request was being made.”

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