If Amazon/Zoomcar asks you for your Aadhaar, here's what you need to say!

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Online retailer Amazon has asked customers to upload their Aadhaar numbers to track lost packages. A Bengaluru-based car rental platform Zoomcar has said it won't accept bookings without Aadhaar as proof of identity. While Amazon and other internet companies are now making the 12-digit unique identity number mandatory for customers to avail of their services, is it safe to share your Aadhaar number with them?

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) that manages Aadhaar may not advise you to do that. Last year on its Twitter handle, UIDAI cautioned users against sharing their Aadhaar number with anyone:
We urge you to be very discreet abt your Aadhaar & other identity documents. Do not share the document no. or a printed copy with anyone 1/3

— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) November 11, 2016
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UIDAI also urged people to self-attest copies of their Aadhaar cards so that it cannot be out to other uses.

Wherever you are submitting a copy of your Aadhaar, self-attest it and state the purpose clearly to avoid misuse. 2/3

— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) November 11, 2016
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"Wherever you are submitting a copy of your Aadhaar, self-attest it and state the purpose clearly to avoid misuse," .. 3/3
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"Wherever you are submitting a copy of your Aadhaar, self-attest it and state the purpose clearly to avoid misuse," the tweet read. Clearly, UIDAI suspects if your Aadhaar number lands with a third party it can be misused. Can one be sure online retailers can protect your Aadhaar identity? Amazon believes it has a secure form of storing information.



Source: https://economictimes.com/industry/...-you-need-to-say/amp_articleshow/61879156.cms
 
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swatkats said:
Online retailer Amazon has asked customers to upload their Aadhaar numbers to track lost packages. A Bengaluru-based car rental platform Zoomcar has said it won't accept bookings without Aadhaar as proof of identity. While Amazon and other internet companies are now making the 12-digit unique identity number mandatory for customers to avail of their services, is it safe to share your Aadhaar number with them?

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) that manages Aadhaar may not advise you to do that. Last year on its Twitter handle, UIDAI cautioned users against sharing their Aadhaar number with anyone:






"Wherever you are submitting a copy of your Aadhaar, self-attest it and state the purpose clearly to avoid misuse," the tweet read. Clearly, UIDAI suspects if your Aadhaar number lands with a third party it can be misused. Can one be sure online retailers can protect your Aadhaar identity? Amazon believes it has a secure form of storing information.
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