The issue of protection of citizen data has once again picked up steam in the most recent week after The Tribune revealed that an unknown WhatsApp number was pitching access to the whole Aadhaar database for as low as Rs 500. So in an attempt to address security and privacy concerns around the leakage of Aadhaar numbers and information data, the Unique Identification Authority of India on Wednesday introduced two new measures – virtual ID and limited KYC.

The Aadhaar-card holder can utilize the idea or most likely the ‘concept’ of the virtual id through its website which can take into consideration different purposes, including SIM verifications, and save them the trouble of sharing the actual12-digit biometric ID.

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