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Mandatory use of Aarogya Setu faces privacy challenges

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The mandatory use of the app is going to open up a Pandora’s box of legal issues and litigation, says an SC advocate The Union home ministry’s order making the use of Aarogya Setu contact-tracing app mandatory for every working person in India will be hard to enforce in the absence of a personal data law, spawning legal challenges aimed at protecting the right to privacy, experts said.

The ministry said on Friday that all government and private employees must download the app, which is aimed at informing users of the potential risk of covid-19 infection.

It said the heads of all public and private organizations will be responsible for ensuring 100% compliance. Some companies that have resumed work said that they have asked employees to use

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