Digi Yatra needs more individual control over data privacy, NITI Aayog argues

The Digi Yatra program, an initiative by the Ministry of Civil Aviation to enhance airport travel experience through facial recognition technology, has raised several data privacy concerns, according to a whitepaper by NITI Aayog. Concerns have included surreptitious enrolments and alleged data breaches, but the Digi Yatra Foundation, the government-coordinated aviation industry group that runs the program, has been making changes.

While the Digi Yatra policy claims to be completely voluntary, the document states that …

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