Aarogya Setu Data Was Made Available to J&K Police in Kulgam, Reveals RTI
MeitY had earlier said that the contact tracing app data was secure and would be collected and shared for health purposes only.
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New Delhi: Despite clear assurances from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) that the Aarogya Setu app data was secure and would âstrictlyâ be used for formulating, implementing or improving health responses, a Right to Information query has revealed that in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, the chief medical officer shared usersâ data with the local police. This also happens to be the first instance of a state administration admitting to sharing Aarogya Setu data with the police authorities.
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Karnataka HC restrains centre, NIC from sharing Aarogya Setu app data without user consent
The High Court also ordered that the central government can not deny any benefit or services to a user only on the ground that the user has not installed Aarogya Setu.
Jan 26, 2021 11:09:35 IST
The Karnataka High Court on 24 January issued an order which restrains the central government and National Informatics Centre (NIC) from sharing
Aarogya Setu app data without obtaining user consent. The bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Vishwajit S Shetty had reserved the order. It was found that
Aarogya Setu users data was being shared without their informed consent as provided in the Aarogya Setu Data Access and Knowledge Sharing Protocol, 2020.
BENGALURU: The Karnataka HC on Monday restrained the central government and National Informatics Centre (NIC) from sharing data obtained from users of Aarogya Setu app unless express consent has been obtained from users to share the same.
A division bench headed by chief justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, in an interim order on a PIL filed by Bengaluru-based Anivar A Aravind, found there was no informed consent from users of the app to share their response data as provided in the Aarogya Setu Data Access and Knowledge Sharing Protocol 2020. “Prima facie, we find sharing and use of response data will infringe on the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution,” the bench said.
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