New Delhi: The UIDAI introduced a new concept of ‘Virtual ID’ on Wednesday, whose Aadhaar card holder can generate from its website and instead of sharing actual 12-Digit Biometric Id for various purposes including SIM verification. That this will give users the option not share their Aadhaar number at the time of authentication.
The Virtual ID, which will be a random 16-digit number, will provide limited information such as name, address and photo, the user’s can give to any authorized agency, which is sufficient for any verification.
The Officials say that a user can generate multiple virtual IDs and the old ID is automatically canceled after a fresh one is generated.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has also introduced the concept of ‘limited KYC’ under which it will provide only one authorized agency with the need-based or limited details of a user who is providing a special service.
The Virtual ID will be a temporary and reversible 16 digit random number which is mapped to the Aadhaar number of a person and the issuing body will start accepting it from 1 March 2018.
It will be mandatory for all agencies from June 1, 2018, which certify to accept the virtual ID of their users.