1.How will the UIDAI protect against functional creep?

    The full board of UIDAI may add additional data fields related to identity, and the law will contain a prescription against     collecting any other information besides the information permitted, with specific prohibitions against collection of               information regarding religion, race, ethnicity, caste and other similar matters and the facilitation of analysis of the           data for anyone or to engage in profiling or any similar activity.

 

2.How will children be captured in the database?

    For children below 5 years no biometrics will be captured. Their UID be processed on the basis of demographic               information and facial photograph linked with the UID of their parents. These children will need to be re-enrolled with       biometrics of ten fingers, iris and facial photograph, when they turn 5. Their biometrics will be updated once they turn      15. Intimation to this effect will be mentioned in the original Aadhaar letter.

 

3.How will the biometric of the differently-abled and people with no finger prints or rugged           hands e.g. beedi workers or people with no fingers be captured?

  The policy will take into consideration these exceptions and the biometric standards prescribed will ensure that these       groups are not excluded. In the case of people without hands/ fingers only photo will be used for identity determination     and there will be markers to determine uniqueness.

 

4.Is training mandatory?

   Training is not mandatory, however it is recommended that the people desirous of working with the Enrolment                  Agencies (EA) as operator , supervisor and tech support undergo the training programme (as mentioned in the               Training Design structure) .

 

5.How is Aadhaar different from any other identity issued by the government?

   Aadhaar is essentially a paperless online anytime-anywhere identity assigned to a resident to cover his/her entire            lifetime. The verification of his identity is done online with the help of authentication devices which connect to UIDAI’s     Central Identity Repository and return only a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response to the basic query-“Is the person who he/she claims   to be?” based on the data available with UIDAI.

  The Aadhaar authentication service is fully functional and in use in several service delivery schemes across the               country.

 The Aadhaar Card or the e-Aadhaar (electronic copy of Aadhaar) are essentially given to residents to know their own  Aadhaar, but are only the first step towards the actual use of the online id as explained in the preceding para.