Aarogya Setu app downloaded on 1 crore phones, but does it serve the purpose, will it respect user privacy?

Hyderabad: A week ago, the Centre released a contact tracing application named ‘Aarogya Setu’ which records a user’s movements of employing Bluetooth and GPS. The app alerts the user if they come into contact with a Covid-19 patient whose location data is also recorded in the app.

Contact tracing apps have recently been used in countries such as Singapore and China too. But privacy experts in India note that when it comes to Aarogya Setu, there is very little information on how the app will be operated and how it will collect, store, and share user data.