Protect your Aadhaar from frauds, misuse: Know when you can use masked Aadhaar, how to download it

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Key Points

It is not mandatory for the personnel verifying the identity to know exactly the full Aadhaar number..

In such cases, a masked Aadhaar could be useful as it hides the first eight numbers of Aadhaar and shows all the other relevant information like Address, etc...

Masked Aadhaar number implies replacing of first 8 digits of Aadhaar number with some characters like xxxx-xxxx while only last 4 digits of the Aadhaar Number are visible, said the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on their website...

As your date of birth is visible on masked Aadhaar, you can use it to verify your age in such cases...

You cannot give a masked Aadhaar in this case as this situation requires a full Aadhaar number...