Aarogya Setu, Data Security, And The Right To Privacy – Analysis

By Vrinda Batra*

With over 150 million downloads, India’s Aarogya Setu is the world’s most downloaded COVID-19 contact tracing app. Within the first month of its launch, it helped identify approximately 600 COVID-19 hotspots around the country. However, a lack of robust data protection laws and checks on mass surveillance...