Section 29 – Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery Of Financial And Other Subsides, Benefits And Services) Act, 2016

Restriction on sharing information

(1) No core biometric information, collected or created
under this Act, shall be—
(a) shared with anyone for any reason whatsoever; or
(b) used for any purpose other than generation of Aadhaar numbers and authentication under this
Act.
(2) The identity information, other than core biometric information, collected or created under this
Act may be shared only in accordance with the provisions of this Act and in such manner as may be
specified by regulations.
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[(3) No identity information available with a requesting entity or offline verification-seeking entity
shall be—
(a) used for any purpose, other than the purposes informed in writing to the individual at the time
of submitting any information for authentication or offline verification; or
(b) disclosed for any purpose, other than purposes informed in writing to the individual at the time
of submitting any information for authentication or offline verification:
Provided that the purposes under clauses (a) and (b) shall be in clear and precise language
understandable to the individual.]

1. Subs. by Act 14 of 2019, s. 13, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 25-7-2019).
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(4) No Aadhaar number 1
[, demographic information or photograph] collected or created under this
Act in respect of an Aadhaar number holder shall be published, displayed or posted publicly, except for
the purposes as may be specified by regulations.

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