H&ME asks employees to desist from using Chinese apps

Srinagar, Sep 14: Health and Medical Education Department (H&ME) has asked its employees to desist from using Chinese apps including CamScanner- which has been banned by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY).

CamScanner is an app to scan documents but it got banned in India along with 58 other apps from Chinese companies following the government’s order.

The MEITY has banned these apps after considering it as a threat perception with regard to privacy and security of Indians.

“It has been noticed that some Officers/Officials of Health and Medical Education Department are still continuing the use of these applications especially CamScanner while sharing official communications on digital platforms and uploading documents on websites,