Why Experts Aren’t Convinced By Scindia’s Clarification On DigiYatra Privacy

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By Hera Rizwan Last week Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia clarified that Digi Yatra — an app that uses facial recognition for security clearance and terminal entry — doesn’t store data from users in a “central repository”. Responding to Medianama founder Nikhil Pahwa, Scindia said, “Nikhil Ji, passengers’ personal information data is not stored in any central repository or by the Digi Yatra Foundation. The data is stored in the passenger’s own phone in the Digi Yatra secure wallet. Rest assured, no data is being collected or stored.” Pahwa said in his tweet that the Ministry of …

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