Revise Aadhaar Law To Align With Data Act: Ashwini Vaishnaw To UIDAI

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has reportedly asked the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to come up with a new Aadhaar law aligned with the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.

Speaking at Aadhaar Samvaad event on Tuesday, the minister underlined the need to update legal framework surrounding Aadhaar.

“When the Aadhaar Act was made, there was no appropriate data protection and privacy protection law,” Vaishnaw was quoted as saying in an ET report.

“Now we have the Digital Personal Data Protection Act. After a lot of consultation and discussions, the rules have been formulated and prepared. Very soon the rules will be notified. Now the work of making the Aadhaar law compatible with this DPDP Act needs to be done…,” he added.

The minister called on UIDAI to take the lead on this initiative moving forward.

Aadhaar App With Face ID Authentication

This comes days after , eliminating the need for physical cards and photocopies.

The app, currently in beta testing, allows users to share only necessary data with their consent, ensuring stronger privacy and preventing misuse.

This comes at a time after reports surfaced that the upgraded image generator in OpenAI’s ChatGPT has generated government identity cards with fake PAN and Aadhaar numbers.

In January, the government unveiled the draft for public consultation, aiming to balance between user privacy and innovation. It mandates parental consent for children’s online accounts and big tech to localise certain data.

Later, the Centre extended the time for draft DPDP rules feedback till March 5.

As of March, the Centre around consent management, authority in control, data localisation, parental control and verifiable parents.

The government is set to release the finalised rules soon.

To note, the rules for data privacy and security in India so far functioned under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, passed by the Lok Sabha in August 2023. This was aimed at replacing the data protection rules that were largely enforced through Section 43A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

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