Users who opt-in will share COVID encounter info with the boss, in the name of returning the economy to a more normal footing
India has created an API service that allows third-parties like employers to access information about their staff gathered by its Aarogya Setu COVID-19-contact-tracing app. “The Open API Service of can be availed by organizations & business entities, registered in India with 50 + employees, to query the Aarogya Setu Application in real-time and get health status of employees or other Aarogya Setu Users, who have given their consent for the same,” says a Tweet from the app’s account.” The intent of the API appears to be informing an organisation if people it comes into contact with represent a health risk and should therefore be excluded. India’s government has billed the API as “a novel feature to help the people, businesses and the economy to return to normalcy.
