Putting an end to the Aadhaar debate once and for all, the Hon. Supreme Court of India upheld Aadhaar’s constitutional validity through its landmark judgment yesterday.
Through it’s earlier circular on Virtual ID (VID) Implementation, UIDAI had disallowed Local AUAs to use Aadhaar Number for OTP-based e-KYC authentications. As per this circular, Local AUAs were allowed to perform OTP-based e-KYC authentications using VID only.
The digital world brought with itself a whole new level of competitiveness in the acquisition of new customers. No matter which industry you look at, with most providers offering similar benefits, cost and service efficiency remain the prime differentiators. If you don’t value your customers’ time and money, they won’t bother about your business – it’s really that simple.
In our previous blog posts on Aadhaar Virtual ID (VID) and the usage of Aadhaar Data Vault by ‘Global AUAs’ and ‘Local AUAs’, we first decoded the regulations for you, and then busted some common myths associated with the implementation of Aadhaar VIDs and the Aadhaar Data Vault.
In our previous blog post on Aadhaar Virtual ID (VID), we covered the basics of the Aadhaar VID, along with a detailed Authentication Transaction Process Flow of how user authentication will take place at the back-end for such VIDs.
The concept of Smart Cities is not new. While the concept has been in discussion in India for many years, it has gained a renewed momentum since 2015 when the Central Govt. announced it’s ‘Smart Cities Mission’ with an aim to transform 100 cities into “smart” cities by 2022.
With Aadhaar becoming pervasive in all walks of life, and unsubstantiated concerns cropping up every day about the security of Aadhaar holders’ personal information, UIDAI has introduced a nifty feature that allows Aadhaar holders to restrict anyone from accessing their demographic / e-KYC data by “locking” their biometrics.
Here’s everything you need to know about “locking” and “unlocking” your Aadhaar biometrics: