Plea alleges unauthorized access of Aadhaar, banking data by GPay: HC seeks RBI, UIDAI response

New Delhi: The Delhi high court Wednesday sought a response from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on a PIL alleging unauthorized access, use and storage of users’ Aadhaar and banking information by Google Pay. A bench of chief justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice on the petition and also sought the stand of Google India Digital Services Pvt. Ltd.

The bench fixed November 8 as the next date of hearing on the petition filed by Abhijit Mishra, a financial economist, who said that the “Terms and Conditions” of Google Pay “explicitly states that the company will be storing the payment instruction details of the parties including Bank Accounts and Aadhaar details” even though no permission to undertake such a practice has been issued by the concerned authorities.