'Aarogya Setu is surveillance system outsourced to a private operator; sans oversight it raises data security, privacy concerns,' says the Congress leader New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said Aarogya Setu mobile application is a "sophisticated surveillance system" outsourced to a private operator, raising serious data security and privacy concerns.
Technology can help keep us safe, but fear must not be used to track citizens without their consent, he said. The mobile application helps users identify whether they are at risk of the COVID-19 infection.
It also provides people with important information, including ways to avoid coronavirus and its symptoms. "The Arogya Setu app, is a sophisticated surveillance system,