Ban on Storing Aadhaar Photocopy: UIDAI Brings New Offline QR Verification
In India, Aadhaar is one of the most important identity documents. We use it everywhere—hotels, SIM card shops, banks, airports, events and many other places. Many times these places ask us to give a photocopy of our Aadhaar card. But keeping thousands of photocopies with them creates a big risk. If the photocopy gets leaked or misused, a person’s private information can be in danger. To reduce this risk, the Government of India and UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) are now bringing a new rule. According to this update, storing or keeping photocopies of Aadhaar will not be allowed,
