Aadhar and private firms: State of play of section 57

By Arun Prabhu, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
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The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (Aadhaar act), and the related regulations create an extensive framework regulating requesting entities and their usage of Aadhaar information.

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In sharp contrast, private entities that collect Aadhaar information are regulated far less stringently, and somewhat tangentially, by the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulations, 2016, and the Unique Identification Authority of India’s (UIDAI) circular on data vaults dated 25 July 2017.

Private entities used Aadhaar numbers under section 57 of the Aadhaar act, which enabled the use of “Aadhaar number for establishing the identity of an individual for any purpose, whether by the state or any body corporate or person, pursuant to any law, for the time being in force, or any contract to this effect”.

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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas is India’s largest full-service law firm. Arun Prabhu is a partner at the firm. He was assisted by Samraat Basu, a consultant at the firm.

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