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Akshaya centres in Kerala, which provide various online services, have been witnessing a huge rush of people who sought to change their Aadhaar details, believing that December 14 was the deadline for the purpose.
The deadline for updating documents free of charge through the UIDAI portal is September 14.
The artificial intelligence and machine learning based security mechanism which has been developed in-house is now using a "combination of both finger minutia and finger image" to check the liveness of the fingerprint captured.
The new process can be initiated after submitting proof of relationship documents like a ration card, mark sheet, marriage certificate, passport etc, mentioning the name of both the applicant and head of family.
The updation would ensure "continued accuracy" of Aadhaar-related information in the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR), according to gazette notification issued by Ministry of Electronics and IT.
The body issued a clarification saying it was a regional UIDAI office that issued the advisory after an attempt to misuse a photoshopped Aadhaar card.
Sharing of biometric information or its use for any purpose other than the generation of the Aadhaar number and authentication under the Aadhaar Act is impermissible.
The Aadhaar (Authentication and Offline Verification) Regulations 2021 notified on November 8 have laid down a detailed process to enable offline verification of the Aadhaar for e-Know Your Customer process.
The proposed amendments will allow voluntary use of Aadhaar number for authentication and identity proof in opening of bank accounts and procuring of mobile phone connections.
Elliot Alderson wrote in a blog post on Medium late Monday that the Aadhaar data of nearly 6.7 million dealers and distributors of Indane, accessible only with a valid username and password, was left exposed.