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Coronavirus tracker Aarogya Setu app gets 2 out of 5 on MIT's tracker index

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India's Aarogya Setu app, which has over 9 crore users as of now, has scored positive on the timely deletion of user data and collection of only useful data criteria, but it failed to score on voluntary use, limitations of data usage, and transparency criteria

The Modi government's Aarogya Setu app, developed to track COVID-19 infected cases, has scored negative on three of five data-privacy and transparency indicators for coronavirus-tracking apps, according to a review of the global technology by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Launched in April, the mobile application scored positive on the timely deletion of user data and collection of only useful data criteria, but it failed to score on voluntary use, limitations of data usage, and transparency criteria, as per MIT experts.

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