Need more security at authentication agencies to keep Aadhaar safe: SC

The UIDAI chief stated that the authority and the government are open to enacting more laws and regulations if the privacy and security is a concern around Aadhaar

Data stored at the authentication agencies level needs to be made more secure, Supreme Court’s five-judge constitutional bench observed on Tuesday. The bench stated that it’s not enough that the UIDAI’s own servers are securely situated inside its complexes because the data travels upwards from enrolment agents and authentication agencies which may store data and misuse it for commercial interests.
 
This observation came just a day after Business Standard reported on why UIDAI’s defence that its own servers are secure rests on shaky grounds as long as there are copies of Aadhaar linked data with third parties. During the