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No plan to bring in law to regulate Aarogya Setu at this point: Secy, MeitY

We have already brought out an exceptionally good privacy policy which is there in the app itself, says Ajay Prakash Sawhney

Ajay Sawhney, Secretary MeitY
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Ajay Prakash Sawhney talks about the usefulness of the app and how it is putting focus in ensuring privacy of the users

Bibhu Ranjan Mishra Bengaluru
As Covid-19 cases started rising in India with the first positive case reported in Kerala, one of the first few technological interventions that was made by the government was to build a contact tracing app given the highly contagious nature of the virus. Despite being criticized in several quarters, this effort, driven with participation from both the public and private sectors, has seen a huge success so far in terms of identifying potential hotspots and recommendations for testing, thus helping the frontline health workers and lawmakers stay better prepared and reduce the spread of the virus. In an interview, AJAY

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