Did UIDAI share biometric data with its foreign vendors?

The UIDAI has been vehemently denying this allegation since the body was first set up in 2009

Contrary to the Centre's claims, biometric and demographic details of 1.17 billion Indians might have been shared with the foreign vendors of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

This was revealed through an Right to Information (RTI) application filed by Bengaluru-based Col Matthew Thomas, one of the petitioners in the right to privacy case currently being heard in Supreme Court.

The UIDAI, which issues a 12-digit unique identification number to a resident after collecting her/his details, has been vehemently denying this allegation since the body was first set up in 2009.

Thomas, who received the RTI reply in 2013,