You no longer need to furnish your Aadhaar card number every time you go for authentication purposes as the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday introduced the concept of a 'Virtual ID' (VID) to safeguard Aadhaar cardholders' data. The introduction of a VID comes after a newspaper report revealed how it bought easy access to details of individuals on feeding their Aadhaar numbers. Aadhaar card holders can generate the 'Virtual ID' from UIDAI's website and provide it for various purposes, including mobile SIM verification, instead of sharing their actual 12-digit biometric ID.
Here are 10 things to know about 'Virtual ID' (VID):
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