A petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court seeking direction to the Union of India to ensure materials disclosing rape victim's identity on websites maintained by Indian Kanoon and Google India are removed or hidden to protect privacy guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
Three central organisations, responsible for the app, have little knowledge about its creation and were issued show cause notices by the CIC, leading to privacy concerns of some 16.23 crore people who downloaded it.
The government’s new Aarogya Setu app and its directive to make it mandatory for people in all workplaces have stirred a hornet’s nest due to privacy issues and fears that it could be used as a surveillance tool eventually.