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SaveOurPrivacy

Four months on, Aarogya Setu is still not open-source. WHY and WHEN is what the nation really wants to know! #SaveOurPrivacy

Four months, after its initial release, the Aarogya Setu app is not open-source in the true sense of the term. Source code releases have been slow and incomplete. This is preventing the Indian tech community from collaborating and contributing.
19 August, 2020
6 min read
Raghav KaushalRaghav Kaushal
aarogyasetu

Over 130 individuals and organizations oppose mandatory use of Aarogya Setu in Delhi district courts #SaveOurPrivacy

The representation highlights that making Aarogya Setu a pre-condition to access judicial establishments is likely to create barriers to justice, compromise the privacy of lawyers and their clients, and lacks any basis in law.
30 July, 2020
5 min read
Devdutta MukhopadhyayDevdutta Mukhopadhyay
aarogyasetu

Survey about use of Aarogya Setu for air travel #SaveOurPrivacy

Take this survey about use of Aarogya Setu for air travel so we can identify the scale of the problem and take appropriate remedial measures.
22 July, 2020
2 min read
Devdutta MukhopadhyayDevdutta Mukhopadhyay
aarogyasetu

RWA uncles, please calm down about Aarogya Setu #SaveOurPrivacy

We wrote to the government seeking issuance of an advisory which clarifies that Resident Welfare Associations cannot make use of Aarogya Setu mandatory for entry into housing societies.
01 June, 2020
5 min read
Devdutta MukhopadhyayDevdutta Mukhopadhyay
aarogyasetu

A look at Aarogya Setu through the Right to Information lens #SaveOurPrivacy

IFF has filed multiple Right to Information requests with various governmental authorities on the Aarogya Setu application. In this post, we will highlight these requests, the substantial replies that we received as well as the non-answers which also tell us a lot.
27 May, 2020
6 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
aarogyasetu

Statement: Victory! Aarogya Setu changes from mandatory to, “best efforts”.

As lockdown 4.0 was extended, we recorded a small but significant win as the installation of Aarogya Setu has now been changed to a best effort basis. On May 2 we had sent a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs calling the Ministry to roll back an order requiring the mandatory use of Aarogya Setu.
18 May, 2020
2 min read
Apar GuptaApar Gupta
aarogyasetu

We Studied the Protocol: And No This Doesn’t Sufficiently Protect Your Privacy

According to our analysis on the Aarogya Setu Data Access and Knowledge Sharing Protocol released by MeitY on May 11, 2020, the protocol falls considerably short of principles of legality, necessity and proportionality.
13 May, 2020
8 min read
Farkhanda ZahoorFarkhanda Zahoor
aarogyasetu

Kerala High Court hears challenges against mandatory imposition of Aarogya Setu

The Kerala High Court has directed MeitY to file a response to petitions challenging mandatory imposition of Aarogya Setu and to state on record that data collected by the app will not be misused.
12 May, 2020
6 min read
Devdutta MukhopadhyayDevdutta Mukhopadhyay
Covid

Committee on IT : Get up! Stand up, for our privacy rights! #AarogyaSetu #SaveOurPrivacy

We wrote to the Standing Committee for Information Technology to hold hearings on Aarogya Setu.
08 May, 2020
4 min read
Apar GuptaApar Gupta
aarogyasetu

We legally contest the Noida authorities order of criminally prosecuting people who do not have Aarogya Setu #SaveOurPrivacy

Earlier today we facilitated a legal challenge to the Noida Authorities to revoke the mandatory imposition of Aarogya Setu under a threat of criminal imprisonment.
06 May, 2020
4 min read
Apar GuptaApar Gupta

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