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Digi Yatra does not store the personally identifiable information of passengers and the personal data of Indian users is safe and secure, the Digi Yatra Foundation said on Friday amid persisting concerns over the privacy of user data...
"Digi Yatra technology infrastructure is being scaled up with intention to expand coverage from 15 airports to 28 airports by the end of April 2024," the foundation said in a detailed statement...
Emphasising that Digi Yatra is built on the concept of Self Sovereign Identity, the foundation said the Digi Yatra Central Ecosystem (DYCE) never stores any of the ID credentials data, which has Personally Identifiable Information (PIl) anywhere in any central repository...
"The Digi Yatra blockchain only has Hash/Key values to check the integrity of the data," the foundation, which is the nodal agency for the app, said.. Earlier this week, there were reports raising concerns about the privacy of data shared with Digi Yatra in connection with a former vendor, Dataevolve, which has come under investigation...
While noting that the personal data of 3.3 million Indian users and the Digi Yatra app are absolutely safe, the statement said the foundation or any service provider cannot access user data since all the PIl is only stored on the user's mobile device in the Digi Yatra app, accessible only to the user...
