New Delhi: If you are going to enroll for a unique identity card (UID or Aadhaar card), be careful! Think twice before you provide your personal details while filling out the forms as there are possibilities that the details provided by can be leaked to a third party and misused.
As you and your family submit your personal information in the UID application form, UID centres forward the information to different banks. The banks use the information to open accounts without your prmission and then inform you about it.
According to a report published in Mid Day, a Colaba-based couple recieved a letter last week from the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB). It was addressed to their 10-year-old daughter, and claimed that a Savings Bank (SB) account had been opened under her name.
The family is now racked with anxiety, having no clue how their personal data reached bank officials without their knowledge or consent. While the bank officials claim that the data is directly sent to them by the central government, the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) officials say that no such information is forwarded to the banks without the consent of the applicant, says the report.
The couple had applied for Aadhaar cards around eight months ago. Both already had existing accounts with banks other than IOB. The letter, posted from the Nariman Point branch of the IOB, claimed that an SB account in Anamika’s name had been opened on October 13, 2012, based on her Aadhaar details.
The letter further requested her to visit the branch within 15 days armed with her Aadhaar ID card, to complete the procedure and activate the account.
The final paragraph of the letter from IOB letter further requests the applicant to furnish the names, addresses and occupations of friends and relatives, particularly those staying abroad, so that the bank may contact them.
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