UIDAI set to notify rule barring hotels, event organisers from storing Aadhaar photocopies

To introduce new rule mandating registration of entities seeking Aadhaar-based verification

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A new rule to discourage entities like hotels, event organisers, etc, from taking photocopy of Aadhaar cards of customers and storing them in physical form will be published soon, a senior government official said.

Such practices are in contravention of the present Aadhaar Act.