Karnataka HC declines to stay use of Aarogya Setu app, data collected from its users Updated: Updated: Court however restrains Centre, NIC from ‘sharing’ data with other authorities till further orders Share Article Court however restrains Centre, NIC from ‘sharing’ data with other authorities till further orders The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to stay the Aarogya Setu app or use of data of the users already collected through the app while prima facie holding that there is “informed consent of the users” through the “privacy policy” of the app. However, the Court restrained the Central government and the National Informatics Centre (NIC) from sharing the data collected through the app with other government authorities and agencies as per the Aarogya Setu Data Access and Knowledge Sharing Protocol, 2020, till further orders.