Justice K.S.Puttaswamy(Retd) vs Union Of India on 26 September, 2018 (b) Aadhaar number holder means an individual who has been issued an Aadhaar number under this Act; (c) authentication means the process by which the Aadhaar number along with demographic information or biometric information of an individual is submitted to the Central Identities Data Repository for its verification and such Repository verifies the correctness, or the lack thereof, on the basis of information available with it; (d) authentication record means the record of the time of authentication and identity of the requesting entity and the response provided by the Authority thereto; xx xx xx (f) benefit means any advantage, gift, reward, relief, or payment, in cash or kind, provided to an individual or a group of individuals and includes such other benefits as may be notified by the Central Government; (g) biometric information means photograph, finger print, Iris scan, or such other biological attributes of an individual as may be specified by regulations; (h) Central Identities Data Repository means a centralised database in one or more locations containing all Aadhaar numbers issued to Aadhaar number holders along with the corresponding demographic information and biometric information of such individuals and other information related thereto; xx xx xx (j) core biometric information means finger print, Iris scan, or such other biological attribute of an individual as may be specified by regulations; (k) demographic information includes information relating to the name, date of birth, address and other relevant information of an individual, as may be specified by regulations for the purpose of issuing an Aadhaar number, but shall not include race, religion, caste, tribe, ethnicity, language, records of entitlement, income or medical history; (l) enrolling agency means an agency appointed by the Authority or a Registrar, as the case may be, for collecting demographic and biometric information of individuals under this Act; (m) enrollment means the process, as may be specified by regulations, to collect demographic and biometric information from individuals by the enrolling agencies for the purpose of issuing Aadhaar numbers to such individuals under this Act; (n) identity information in respect of an individual, includes his Aadhaar number, his biometric information and his demographic information; Indian Kanoon - http://indiankanoon.org/doc/127517806/ 14