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Individual biometric data in UIDAI custody absolutely protected under §8[1][j] + Aadhaar Act privacy provisions. UIDAI biometric data absolutely protected;.

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 +====== Biometric / Aadhaar records — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited · **★ Landmark**
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Individual biometric data in UIDAI custody absolutely protected under §8[1][j] + Aadhaar Act privacy provisions. UIDAI biometric data absolutely protected;.**
 +
 +//UIDAI biometric data absolutely protected; §8(1)(j) + Aadhaar Act privacy override RTI access.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | UIDAI |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Individual biometric data in UIDAI custody absolutely protected under §8(1)(j) + Aadhaar Act privacy provisions.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Individual biometric data (fingerprints, iris) in UIDAI custody is absolutely protected under §8(1)(j) read with §28 and §33 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016. No public-interest override can compel its disclosure; even the data subject's own biometric template is not released.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +biometric, Aadhaar, UIDAI, §8(1)(j), CIC
 +
 +===== This case cites =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/k-s-puttaswamy-vs-union-of-india|K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India]] (SC 2017)
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-uidai-own-aadhaar-2022|UIDAI own-Aadhaar access — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-aadhaar-seeding-2021|Aadhaar-seeding records — CIC]] (CIC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-section-22-mental-health-act-harmony-2020|RTI § 22 harmony with special laws]] (SC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-kerala-rti-mgnregs-beneficiary-2020|MGNREGS beneficiary lists — Kerala HC]] (HC-KER 2020)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/k-s-puttaswamy-vs-union-of-india|K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India]] (SC 2017)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?landmark=1|All landmark rulings]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-8 landmark}}