Aadhaar (Authentication and Offline Verification) Regulations, 2021 · II — Aadhaar Authentication Framework
Regulation 10 Notification/Acknowledgement of authentication or offline verification to Aadhaar number holder
(1) The Aadhaar number holder shall be notified by the requesting entity about any authentication, through email and/or SMS and/or other digital means and/or paper based acknowledgement about success or failure of authentication on each request. Such notification/acknowledgement shall include requesting entity's name, date and time of authentication, auth response code, last 4 digits of Aadhaar number and purpose of authentication, as the case may be.
(2) The Aadhaar number holder shall be notified by the OVSE about any offline verification, through email and/or SMS and/or other digital means and/or paper based acknowledgement about success or failure of offline verification on each request.
(3) In case of authentication failure the requesting entity should, in clear and precise language, inform the resident about the reasons of authentication failure, such as “Aadhaar cancelled”, “Aadhaar deactivated”, “Aadhaar locked”, “Aadhaar omitted”, “Aadhaar suspended” and “Biometrics locked. [(4) In sub-regulation (3), the expression—
(i) “Aadhaar cancelled” or “Aadhaar omitted”, in relation to an Aadhaar number, shall mean that such Aadhaar number has been omitted;
(ii) “Aadhaar deactivated” or “Aadhaar suspended”, in relation to an Aadhaar number, shall mean that such Aadhaar number has been deactivated;
(iii) “Aadhaar locked”, in relation to an Aadhaar number, shall mean that such Aadhaar number has been locked as referred to in regulation 11A; and
(iv) “Biometrics locked”, in relation to an Aadhaar number, shall mean that the biometrics of the Aadhaar number holder of such Aadhaar number have been locked as referred to in regulation 11.
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(1) The Aadhaar number holder shall be notified by the requesting entity about any authentication, through email and/or SMS and/or other digital means and/or paper based acknowledgement about success or failure of authentication on each request. Such notification/acknowledgement shall include requesting entity’s name, date and time of authentication, auth response code, last 4 digits of Aadhaar number and purpose of authentication, as the case may be.
(2) The Aadhaar number holder shall be notified by the OVSE about any offline verification, through email and/or SMS and/or other digital means and/or paper based acknowledgement about success or failure of offline verification on each request.
(3) In case of authentication failure the requesting entity should, in clear and precise language, inform the resident about the reasons of authentication failure such as Suspended/Cancelled Aadhaar or Biometric/Aadhaar Locking.