Through a new Application Programming Interface (API) for CoWIN, the National Health Authority (NHA) wants to allow government and private entities to instantly know the status of vaccination of an individual. While this may seem to be a good initiative, there are also some major concerns that come along with it. We wrote a joint letter along with the Centre for Health Equity Law & Policy (C-HELP) and the Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES) to highlight our concerns.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://internetfreedom.in/read-our-joint-letter-with-c-help-fmes-to-nha-on-cowins-updated-api/