In recent times, information about the data of Aadhaar card has emerged and several incidents of misuse of the card have come up. For example, many government websites have repeatedly displayed their address and phone number, as well as the base number of people, which breached their privacy.
Similarly, the incidents of misuse of data of Aadhaar card have also come up. For verification of SIM by Airtel, their base number was taken from the people but their bank accounts were opened without informing their customers. When this information became public, then the Indian Unique Identification Authority punished Airtel by imposing a fine. This is the reason that a two-level security system has been implemented by the Indian Unique Identification Authority to safeguard the information related to the Aadhaar card.
To secure the information of Aadhaar card, two level system of Indian Unique Identification Authority:
In order to safeguard the information related to Aadhaar card, the Virtual ID has been introduced by the Indian Unique Identification Authority. This virtual ID will be of 16 digits, which any user can enter in their own numbers and generate the website from the Indian Unique Identification Authority website. .
He will be able to use this 16 digit virtual ID instead of his base number for any job.
It is known that any information related to the Aadhaar number cannot be obtained from the virtual ID. Thus if a user is using a virtual ID associated with his or her base number for any government or non-government work, then it cannot be misused.
Similarly, KYC limited by the Indian Unique Identification Authority has been implemented at the second level.
This process is divided into local and global certified user agencies. Local authentic user agencies will be able to complete the certification process by obtaining information from the Indian Unique Identification Authority through the virtual ID.
Whereas both the base number and the token number can be given to global certified user agency. Based on these, they will complete the certification process.
Conclusion:
It can be concluded that in the context of securing the information related to the Aadhaar card, the two-level security system of the Unique Identification Authority of India is very good. This will definitely help in maintaining and preserving the confidentiality of information.
