Karataka High Court restrains Centre, NIC from sharing Aarogya Setu data

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that data collected by the Aarogya Setu application cannot be shared with third parties beyond what is specified in the privacy policy presented to users. It restrained the Centre and the National Informatics Centre from sharing app data without the informed consent of users.

“Prima facie, we hold that there is no informed consent of users of Aarogya Setu app taken for sharing of response data as provided in the Aarogya Setu Data Access and Knowledge Sharing Protocol, 2020, as there is no reference to the said protocol in the terms of use and privacy policy available on the app,” a division bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Sreenivas Oka and Justice Viswajith Shetty said in its interim order.