Is Aarogya Setu putting our privacy at risk?                                   #SaveOurPrivacy
Channel: Internet Freedom Foundation
Date: 2020-04-16

In this video, IFF analyses the Aarogya Setu application and the privacy concerns posed by it. Its conclusion: at best it is not privacy-first and lacks accountability. At worst-- it runs the risk of a permanent system of continual surveillance.

The Internet Freedom Foundation has developed a comprehensive working paper on COVID-19 and surveillance with emphasis on contact tracing - “Privacy prescriptions for technology interventions on Covid-19 in India”. The paper unpacks the challenges with tech deployments and surveillance responses to COVID-19. We are putting it out for public comments for a period of time, to solicit views from stakeholders. Using that we plan on updating this working paper and eventually sharing it with the government and other stakeholders.

We urge interested parties to go through the report, since we would like to share a substantively robust submission with decision makers. 

To facilitate ease of comment we are hosting it on Google Docs with the functionality for comment and review.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nDoPzygQyTetEguOlzula5O9y5f3f5YJDsA2Pd99O6U/edit#heading=h.5je3mbv90ww7

You can give comments or alternatively drop us an email at policy@internetfreedom.in. 

In addition to this, please do engage with the wider community over at the Internet Freedom Forum - https://forum.internetfreedom.in

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