- The Unique Identification Authority Of India(UIDAI) has unveiled the beta version of ‘Virtual ID’, which will soon be accepted by service providers in lieu of Aadhaar number.
- In January 2018, UIDAI had announced that it will come up with a ‘Virtual ID’ for Aadhaar Card-holders in order to address privacy concerns related to quoting Aadhaar.
- Virtual ID (VID), which an Aadhaar-card holder can generate from UIDAI’s website is a random 16-digit number mapped to a person’s Aadhaar number and biometrics.
- VID of the user would give any authorized agency like a mobile company, limited details such as name, address and photograph, which are enough for any verification.
- Thus VID will do away with the need of disclosing 12-digit Aadhaar number for authentication or verification purposes.
- UIDAI had stated that all authorized agency/service providers will have to compulsory accept VID for undertaking authentication from June 1, 2018.
Source :Times of India
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