'Stay away from false rumours, public data safe and secure', clarifies UIDAI after Aadhaar helpline number mixup

Two days after social media giant Google issued public apology for "inadvertently" loading the old UIDAI helpline number and 112 helpline numbers into the 'setup wizard' of Android phones, Aadhaar regulatory body UIDAI on Sunday urged the public to stay away from all sorts of false rumours propagated by people/institutions with 'vested interests'. Assuring that there is no breach into the Aadhaar database and the personal details of Indians are safe, UIDAI said, “Aadhaar data remains fully safe and secure, and people should stay away from such rumours and malicious campaign by vested interests.” This is totally false propaganda and is nothing but scare-mongering against Aadhaar by vested interests trying to exploit Google’s act to spread misinformation. Defending itself after drawing flak on social media over the default inclusion of the number in mobile phone contact list, the Unique Identification Authority of India had said that, ".the said 18003001947 is not a valid UIDAI toll free number and some vested interests are trying to create unwarranted confusion in the public". His tweet scared many mobile phone users on appearance of UIDAI old helpline number in their contact even though they did not add it.