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The law also grant the prime minister authority to give Shin Bet additional powers if required, sparking concerns about undue surveillance. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Setting a controversial example, Israeli Parliament permits phone...

The law grants internal security agency Shin Bet permission to track cell phones for a three-week period on a...

2 July 2020 7:39 PM IST

The app hopes to get businesses back on their feet without the fear of COVID-19 spreading on their premises on reopening since the lockdown. (Photo | Pixabay - Markus Winkler)

Reopening businesses encouraged to use Aarogya Setu to check health...

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology says only names and health status of consenting users will be...

22 Aug 2020 8:44 PM IST

The app relies on software developed by US technology giants Apple and Google, and in a bid to assuage privacy concerns, holds all the data generated on peoples phones and allows the information to be deleted easily. (Photo | AFP)

Britain's delayed virus app launched in England and Wales, after...

The app uses Bluetooth to alert users if they spend 15 minutes or more within two metres of a user who subsequently...

24 Sept 2020 10:41 PM IST

States in the US must choose whether they want to enable the Apple-Google system. If they do, iPhone users in those states will automatically be able to opt into the system without having to download an app. Theyll be prompted with a notification asking if they consent to running the system on their phones. For people with Android phones, Google will automatically generate an Android app for public health agencies that phone users can then download. (Photo | Pixabay - iXimus)

No app, no problem: US users can enable Apple-Google virus tracing...

The second phase of their exposure notification system automatically alerts people if they might have been exposed to...

2 Sept 2020 4:03 PM IST

Most MPs are in lockdown, though about 75 of them are expected to appear in person for the debates beginning next Tuesday. In this photograph, people wearing face masks stand on the empty Trocadero esplanade in Paris, on April 20, 2020, on the 35th day of a lockdown. (Photo | AFP)

Amid data privacy concerns, French lawmakers to vote on continued use...

Now that the government is preparing to life the coronavirus lockdown, lawmakers will vote on allowing the app to...

21 April 2020 7:04 PM IST

Surveyors will ask questions about travel and contact history, flu-like symptoms and shortness of breath, and enter the data into the Assess Koro Na app.

Use Assess Koro Na app for door-to-door survey in containment zones,...

With this app, the data collected can be uploaded on the servers in real-time and analysed immediately.

17 April 2020 7:44 PM IST

If you download the Aarogya Setu app, your phone will take note of your location every 15 minutes and only share the information with the Government server if you test positive.

Should you download Aarogya Setu?

Yes. Its updated privacy policy is a marked improvement on the previous one. But the app needs an end date so it does...

17 April 2020 12:49 PM IST

The Aarogya Setu app alerts people if any person in their vicinity has tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo | AFP)

India's Aarogya Setu reaches 5 crore downloads in record 13 days, says...

The more people install the coronavirus tracing app on their phones, the more effective it becomes

15 April 2020 9:03 PM IST

Existing cyber security policies on usage of mobile phones must be adhered to by army personnel while using the Aarogya Setu app, the soldiers were informed. (Photo | PTI)

Army tells personnel to follow cyber safety precautions while using...

Soldiers have been told to ensure their phones have antivirus protection

15 April 2020 8:29 PM IST

The Aarogya Setu app has been developed by the National Informatics Centre, a part of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Prasar Bharati staffers ordered to install COVID-19 tracking 'Arogya...

A memorandum was sent on April 14 mandating the use of the app, which tells users if they may have come into contact...

15 April 2020 6:17 PM IST

Not only are we being subject to invasive apps, lists of infected people with their names and addresses have been made publicly available without their consent.

Overcorrection at the cost of privacy during coronavirus is...

Use of facial recognition and other personal data has the potential to set a new normal by resetting our expectations on...

9 April 2020 9:06 PM IST

A description of the app says that personal information of users would be stored locally in the users device.

Aarogya Setu app downloaded on 1 crore phones, but does it serve the...

There is little clarity on who can access app data, and if it will be shared with state governments at the frontline of...

7 April 2020 1:00 PM IST