Although Bill Gates has lauded<\/a> Aadhaar cards for improving access to services, the scheme has been the subject of many security-related scares as inappropriate access to personal information has sometimes been possible, UIDAI’s infosec has sometimes been lax, and the biometrics captured to create citizens’ records have sometimes been used for multiple individuals<\/a>. Privacy concerns have also been raised over whether biometric data is properly secured stored and secured, if surveillance of individuals is made possible through Aadhaar, and and possible data mining of the schemes’ massive data store.<\/p>\n