UIDAI issues guidelines to entities doing offline verification of Aadhaar

The authority asked the offline verification entities to keep the data of any Aadhaar user, if they must for any reason, only in a masked manner

The Unique Identification Authority of India has issued a set of guidelines for offline verification of identities, asking entities performing the verification of Aadhaar to not collect or store data of citizens. The UIDAI also asked them to perform verification after the explicit consent of the Aadhaar number holder.

The authority asked Offline Verification Seeking Identities (OVSE) to maintain a log or record of the explicit consent received from residents for any future audit by UIDAI or any other legal agency.

 
OVSEs conduct offline verification for various reasons, including for identification and KYC processes locally, without connecting to the Central