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Aarogya Setu: Why India's Covid-19 contact tracing app is controversialAarogya Setu: Why India's Covid-19 contact tracing app is controversialBy Andrew ClaranceBBC News, Delhi 15 May 2020 Related TopicsIndia coronavirus lockdown Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionThe app has crossed 100 million downloadsIndia's Covid-19 contact tracing app has been downloaded 100 million times, according to the information technology ministry, despite fears over privacy.The app - Aarogya Setu, which means "bridge to health" in Sanskrit - was launched just six weeks ago.India has made it mandatory for government and private sector employees to download it.But users and experts in India and around the world say the app raises huge data security concerns.How does it work? Using a phone's Bluetooth and location data, Aarogya Setu lets users know if they have been near a person with Covid-19 by scanning a database of known cases of infection.The data is then shared with the gover…