Aadhaar issuing body UIDAI has restricted access of digital wallet companies to its database citing security concerns.
The Unique Identification Authority of India segregated entities as local and global authentication user agencies, and classified digital wallet companies as as local authentication user agencies and given them only partial access to its Aadhaar database, according to a May 16 letter from UIDAI to authentication agencies. Only banks including payment banks, which have been classified as global authentication user agencies will have unrestricted access to the database, the letter added.
That’s because most payment companies do not have the requisite infrastructure to protect the data, the UIDAI added. “Some entities required to verify clients with Aadhaar number may not have the requisite security systems needed to use or store these numbers and have been precluded from the list of global AUAs.” BloombergQuint has accessed and reviewed a copy of the letter.
