Secure Your Aadhaar: Essential Steps to Protect Your Personal Information
In the present time, who doesn’t have an Aadhaar card? It’s become a very important thing in every Indian’s life. If you also have an Aadhaar card, then this article is for you. We indiscriminately use the Aadhaar card as ID proof.
However, many cases of misuse of Aadhaar cards have come to light in the past, in which cybercriminals have done banking fraud with people using Aadhaar cards.
It is in our hands to stop the misuse of the Aadhaar card, but many people do not know this. If you are also using your Aadhaar card indiscriminately, then you have to stop the misuse of your Aadhaar card.
Misuse of Aadhaar Card
Misuse of an Aadhaar card can be dangerous for us because it is used for many important services, including bank accounts. Any tampering with the Aadhaar card can also be a threat to our identity.
There are also many such cases in which people have been cheated of lakhs by stealing Aadhaar card information. The government agency UIDAI, which issues the Aadhaar card, has told how to keep the Aadhaar card safe from its official X handle.
Know how to protect your Aadhaar card
For this, you must first go to the UIDAI website (https://uidai.gov.in/). After this, choose the language of your choice and go to the next page.
Then you will have the home page of the UIDAI website open. Scrolling down there will find the option of Aadhaar Services.
Lock/Unlock Biometrics will appear at the bottom here. Tap on it and go to the next page.
Here you will find steps to lock the Aadhaar card
Before you go to the next step, you have to generate the virtual ID number of your Aadhaar card.
For this, go to this website https://resident.uidai.gov.in/genericGenerateOrRetriveVID and generate or retrieve the virtual ID number of your Aadhaar card.
You have to click or tap on generate after entering your Aadhaar number and captcha here.
Select the lock to lock the card, and after entering the given information, you can lock and secure your Aadhaar card.
Do this before sharing the Aadhaar card
Before sharing the Aadhaar card with anyone, you can put a mask on it. Before applying a mask to your Aadhaar card, follow the steps given below.
First of all, go to the UIDAI website: https://uidai.gov.in/.
Here you go to the My Aadhaar option and enter your card number and captcha.
Now OTP will come on your registered mobile number; after entering it, complete the verification process.
After verification, you will get the option to download the Aadhaar card; click on it.
Now you will be asked if you want to download the Masked Aadhaar Card. For this, you will get a box; click on it.