Supreme Court says there's no law to protect Aadhaar data of holders, applicants
  • 6 years ago
While hearing the Aadhaar matter, Supreme Court's constitutional bench on Tuesday said that there is no law in the country to protect the Aadhaar data of holders, applicants. There is an urgent need to introduce such laws to protect the data of Aadhaar holders, added top court. However, Supreme Court said that it has accepted the UIDAI claim that data of Aadhaar holders is under total security and no one can breach it. But, when Aadhaar is transferred to someone, does it is protected. The Supreme Court also seeks answers to 20 question from issuing authority of Aadhar, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and have asked UIDAI CEO to submit its reply in writing. The apex court announced that it will continue its hearing on April 3.
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