This is a record of the proceedings in the Supreme Court bench hearings on the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar, which began on Feb 13, 2018. You may read the previous days' proceedings here: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16., Day 17, Day 18, Day 19, Day 20. and Day 21. Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO of UIDAI resumed his PowerPoint presentation on Aadhaar. He began by giving a break up of enrollment operators that were blacklisted, classified by reason. He clarified that operators check individual packets of data received during enrollment. Currently, 65 operators are responsible for verifying biometrics. Justice Chandrachud asked whether it possible for the enroller to make copies of the data before the data is encrypted and sent to CIDR? Dr. Pandey replied that enroller does not have access to biometrics. It's collected by UIDAI's software. Justice Chandrachud asked whether any operator has been blacklisted for data breach....such as sharing of data etc. Dr. Pandey replied, without actually mentioning whether any operator had been blacklisted, that it is only possible when the operator is so qualified to tamper the enrollment client software to capture or share biometric data. Even if someone does it, it is punishable. Dr. Pandey explained that retaining data by the operator is an offence. They have zero-tolerance policy. They have started phasing-out private enrollment agencies. Now only banks and post offices will do it. (MediaNama: The Supreme Court had ordered this. Additionally, it…
