UIDAI own-Aadhaar access — CIC

Quick Reply: Own Aadhaar demographics accessible via UIDAI portal; biometric template absolutely confidential even to data subject. Own Aadhaar demographic records:. </WRAP>

Own Aadhaar demographic records: accessible via portal. Biometric template: absolutely confidential (Aadhaar Act §28/§33). ===== Case details ===== ^ Court | Central Information Commission | ^ Decided | 2022-01-01 | ^ Citation | Citation awaited | ^ Petitioner | Aadhaar holder | ^ Respondent | UIDAI | ^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(j) | ^ Outcome | Partly allowed | ===== Outcome ===== Own Aadhaar demographics accessible via UIDAI portal; biometric template absolutely confidential even to data subject. ===== Ratio decidendi ===== An Aadhaar holder can access their own demographic data (name, address, DOB) through the UIDAI portal/mobile app or RTI. The biometric template (fingerprints, iris scan) itself is absolutely confidential under §28/§33 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 — not disclosable even to the data subject. ===== Keywords ===== UIDAI, Aadhaar, biometric, §8(1)(j) ===== 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. * Biometric / Aadhaar records — CIC (CIC 2019) * Aadhaar-seeding records — CIC (CIC 2021) * Public servant's own service record — SC (SC 2015) * Own APAR and service-book access (SC 2022) * Own income-tax assessment order — CIC (CIC 2022) ===== Related ===== * All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus * All RTI cases turning on §7 * All RTI cases turning on §8 * Full case-law search * Case-Law Database — overview * PIO RTI Reply Guide * The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated

Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.