The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has filed FIRs against eight unauthorised websites for promising Aadhaar-related services, and illegally collecting Aadhaar number and enrolment details from people.
UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey told PTI that these websites were collecting Aadhaar number and enrolment details illegally from residents and promising Aadhaar services posing as entities authorised by UIDAI.
He said, the authority will continue to take stringent action against such sites and also asked the public to use UIDAI official website (www.uidai.gov.in) for all Aadhaar- related services. The Section 38 of Aadhaar Act deals with penalty for unauthorised access to the Central Identities Data Repository.
The punishment under this section is imprisonment of upto three years and fine not less than 10 lakh rupees. More than 113 crore Aadhaar IDs have been generated in the country so far.