Masked Aadhaar: Whenever you take a hotel or any service in any city, you are asked for your Aadhar card, at these places a photo copy of your original Aadhar card is taken and kept. Doing this can be very dangerous for you, that is, if you give a photocopy of your Aadhar card everywhere, then your bank account can become empty. For this, a safe method has been suggested by the government, which you can give in hotels or other places.
The safest way to give Aadhaar
Till now very few people use this safe method, because most of the people are not aware of it. This is the reason why people give their Aadhar card or its copy to others without thinking. Due to which your personal information may get leaked and you may get into trouble. Actually this safe method is called masked Aadhaar. Which you can easily download and use it whenever needed.
What is masked Aadhaar?
Masked Aadhaar is a valid document, in which only your complete Aadhaar number is visible. In this the last four numbers of your Aadhar card are visible. Rest of the information is the same as in your Aadhar card. That means your name, address and date of birth are mentioned in it.
Download will happen like this
To download masked Aadhaar, you can login to the official website of UIDAI. Here you will see the option of regular Aadhaar and masked Aadhaar. After this you will have to download your masked Aadhaar from here. For this, it is necessary for your mobile number to be registered in the UIDAI database. To open this Aadhaar card, you also have to enter the password, that is, masked Aadhaar is password protected. This password is based on your name and date of birth. By using this Aadhaar no one can misuse your Aadhaar.
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