Aadhaar Tips: How to protect Aadhaar Card from cyber criminals, lock personal details online..

If you are an Aadhaar card holder, then this information is going to prove useful for you. Has it ever come to your mind that your biometric data and other details in the Aadhaar card can be misused? Cybercriminals can steal your Aadhaar details. If yes, then you must think about locking the Aadhaar card. Yes, very few Aadhaar card holders will know that UIDAI provides the facility to lock and unlock the Aadhaar card. Once you digitally lock your Aadhaar card, your biometric data will not be misused.

How to lock Aadhaar card online
First of all, you have to go to the official website of UIDAI.

You will need to click on the My Aadhaar option at the top.

Here, click on the Lock/Unlock Biometrics option in all the options.

Now click on the Lock/Unlock Aadhaar option.

Now read all the information and click on Next.

Now enter the virtual ID, name, pin code, and captcha and click on send.

You will receive an OTP on the phone number registered on the Aadhaar card, enter it.

As soon as you press enter, the information about the Aadhaar card biometric lock will be displayed on the screen.

How to generate a Virtual ID
For Lock / Unlock Aadhaar, the Aadhaar card holder must have a 16-digit virtual ID. The Aadhaar holder can generate the virtual ID by sending an SMS to 1947.

For this, you will have to send the last four digits of your Aadhaar number in RVID _ _ _ _ format to 1947. Along with sending the message, your virtual ID number is sent to your phone.