Kerala: Opposition moves HC seeking scrapping of LDF govt-US firm deal on Covid-19 patients' data

The Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday moved the Kerala High Court seeking quashing of an agreement the state government had entered with a US-based firm for processing COVID-19 patients' data. In his PIL, Chennithala alleged that the sensitive personal data of those suspected and positive COVID-19 pandemic patients in Kerala has been transferred to New York- based Sprinklr company in violation of their fundamental right of privacy guaranteed by the Constitution.