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UIDAI own-Aadhaar access — CIC

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

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(UIDAI own-Aadhaar access — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §7,RTI §8,UIDAI,Aadhaar,biometric,§8(1)(j))&metatag-description=(Own Aadhaar demographics accessible via UIDAI portal; biometric template absolutely confidential even to data subject. //Own Aadhaar demographic records:.)}}
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 +====== UIDAI own-Aadhaar access — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</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.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-biometric-data-rti-2019|Biometric / Aadhaar records — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-aadhaar-seeding-2021|Aadhaar-seeding records — CIC]] (CIC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-personal-service-record-own-2015|Public servant's own service record — SC]] (SC 2015)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-service-appraisal-own-access-2022|Own APAR and service-book access]] (SC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-income-tax-assessment-own-2022|Own income-tax assessment order — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=7|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[: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-7 section-8}}