Justice K.S.Puttaswamy(Retd) vs Union Of India on 26 September, 2018 In this presentation, the enrolment process has been projected in the following manner: 47) Insofar as Aadhaar authentication service is concerned, it was explained that the same is e-KYC wherein following process is involved: 48) It was asserted with all vehemence that while doing the aforesaid authentication, no other information is collected or stored by the Authority/CIDR, specifically pointing that: (a) The Authority does not collect purpose, location or details of transaction. Thus, it is purpose blind. (b) The information collected as aforesaid remains in silos. (c) Merging of silos is prohibited. (d) The RE is provided answer only in Yes or No about the authentication of the person concerned. (e) The authentication process is not exposed to the internet world. (f) Security measures as per the provisions of Section 29(3) read with Section 38(g) as well as Regulation 17(1)(d) of the Authentication Regulations are strictly followed and adhere to. The Aadhaar Authentication Security has been described in the following manner: 49) In this hue, the Authority has projected that the Aadhaar design takes full care of privacy and security of the persons. It is sought to be demonstrated by pointing out the following features: (i) Privacy is ensured by the very design of Aadhaar which was conceived by the Authority from very inception and is now even incarnated in the Aadhaar Act because : (a) it is backed by minimal data, federated databases, optimal ignorance; and (b) there is no transaction/pooling data coupled with the fact that resident authorised access to identity data is available. (ii) Aadhaar is designed for inclusion inasmuch as : (a) there is flexibility of demographic data, multi-modal biometrics, and flexible processes; (b) DDSVP Committee by Dr. V.N. Vittal, former CVC; and (c) Biometric design and Standards Committee by Dr. Gairola, Former DG, NIC. (iii) All security numbers are followed which can be seen from: Indian Kanoon - http://indiankanoon.org/doc/127517806/ 30