Aadhar Card: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) provides the service of locking your biometric authentication. This means that your fingerprint and iris scan cannot be accessed for any transaction until you unlock it.
Aadhar Card : Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) provides the service of locking your biometric authentication. This means that your fingerprint and iris scan cannot be accessed for any transaction until you unlock it.
What is Aadhaar Biometric Locking?
Biometric Locking/Unlocking Service provides Aadhaar individuals the service to securely and temporarily release their biometrics. This feature is designed to enhance the privacy and confidentiality of biometric data of Aadhaar holders.
Which biometric data can be locked?
Once biometric locking is activated, fingerprints, iris and facial features will be secured. After this the Aadhaar holder cannot use these biometrics for Aadhaar authentication.
What happens when biometrics are locked?
Activation of locked biometrics ensures that Aadhaar holders cannot use their biometrics (fingerprints/iris/face) for authentication. It works as a security service to prevent any type of biometric authentication. Apart from this, it is also decided that no institution can do biometric-based Aadhaar authentication for the concerned Aadhaar holder through any method.
How to unlock (lock) biometrics?
On activating the biometric locking system, the biometrics remain locked until their Aadhaar is added.
Aadhaar holders have the option to unlock their biometrics through various means, including visiting the UIDAI website, enrollment centre, Aadhaar Seva Kendra or using the mAadhaar app.
It is important to have a registered mobile number to access this service. If your mobile number is not linked to Aadhaar, please visit the nearest enrollment centre.
How and when to lock biometrics?
Aadhaar number holders with registered mobile number have the option to lock their biometrics. The service is designed to enhance the privacy and confidentiality of the Aadhaar-holder’s biometric data.
On Biometric Locking If a UID is employed to implement any authentication services using biometric modality (Fingerprint/Iris/Face), an error code ‘330’ will be raised. This indicates that the biometrics have been locked. If this happens no one will be able to do biometric authentication.
