'Sharing' health data of Covid-19 patients: Kerala HC questions government's stance

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday said it cannot prima facie agree to the state government's contention that health data cannot be considered private.
A division bench comprising justices Devan Ramachandran and TR Ravi questioned the government's stance after state government's counsel argued that no private data is being shared with Sprinklr.
Advocate Jaykar KS, who represented the petitioner Balu Gopalakrishnan, had submitted that data of Covid-19 patients and those under quarantine is being shared with Sprinklr by personnel deployed by the government as well as through the app installed by the patients.No agreement or option is being given to the patients and those under quarantine so as to make them aware of sharing health data, including about one's diseases, with a private company, he argued.
Government contended that no private data is being shared. However, the court said it cannot prima facie agree to the contention that sharing of health data does not amount to violation of privacy.