The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has issued the Aadhaar (Authentication and Offline Verification) Regulations, 2021.
The following provisions have been made:
• Authority shall provide an alternate identification number mapped with Aadhaar number for the purpose of authentication.
• The Authority shall provide various means to generate or retrieve Virtual Identity number. Aadhaar number holder may generate or retrieve his/her VID through various means provided by the Authority.
• The Aadhaar number holder may use VID in lieu of Aadhaar number for online authentication or e-KYC.
• After communicating the information in accordance with Regulation 5, a requesting entity or Offline Verification Seeking Entity (OVSE) shall obtain the consent of the Aadhaar number holder or in case of a child, the consent of the parent or guardian of the child for the authentication or verification.
• A requesting entity or OVSE shall obtain the consent referred to in sub-regulation (1) above in physical or preferably in electronic form and maintain logs or records of the consent obtained in the manner and form as may be specified by the Authority for this purpose.
• A requesting entity shall provide the facility to withdraw consent by the resident. In case a resident withdraws his/her consent or in case of a child, by the parent or guardian, the resident’s Aadhaar data shall be deleted by the requesting entity in a verifiable manner and an acknowledgement of the same to the resident. If resident wishes to continue with the service, requesting entity shall provide alternate means of identity verification.
• The Authority shall enable an Aadhaar number holder to lock his/her Aadhaar number and unlock it when needed for authentication.
• All authentication requests using Aadhaar number against any such locked Aadhaar number shall result with a “No” answer with an appropriate response code.
• In case of a locked Aadhaar, the Authority will allow the resident to authenticate using Virtual ID or other means.
