Centre assures data security on Co-Win portal, app
A step further in compliance of data security, the Union government has assured that the newly developed Co-WIN application and its portal follows all the privacy policy as stated in the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM).
“The Co-WIN application follows the privacy policy as stated in the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM),” Union Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said.
The Union Minister of State for Health also informed Lok Sabha that the government has carried out privacy assessments while developing the Co-WIN application. “Yes, privacy impact assessments were carried out for Co-WIN portal. For data safety, data is encrypted using a highly secure key, no unauthorised access to database on AWS server is allowed and restricted access to relational database service (to decrease the risk of malicious activities),” Choubey said on Monday.