Vaccination and Co-WIN data — CIC
Quick Reply: Aggregate vaccination data [state/district/dose-type] disclosable; individual Co-WIN records §8[1][j] + DPDP protected. Vaccination aggregates disclosable;.
Central Information Commission · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited
Aggregate vaccination data [state/district/dose-type] disclosable; individual Co-WIN records §8[1][j] + DPDP protected. Vaccination aggregates disclosable;.
Vaccination aggregates disclosable; individual Co-WIN data is §8(1)(j) + DPDP protected.
Case details
| Court | Central Information Commission |
|---|---|
| Decided | 2022-01-01 |
| Citation | Citation awaited |
| Petitioner | Researcher / RTI applicant |
| Respondent | MoHFW / Co-WIN |
| RTI Act sections | §8(1)(j) |
| Outcome | Partly allowed |
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Outcome
Aggregate vaccination data (state/district/dose-type) disclosable; individual Co-WIN records §8(1)(j) + DPDP protected.
Ratio decidendi
COVID-vaccination aggregate data — doses by state, district, vaccine type — is §4 proactive disclosure material. Individual vaccination records stored on Co-WIN are personal health data under §8(1)(j), post-DPDP reinforced; accessible only to the data subject.
Keywords
Co-WIN, vaccination, CIC, DPDP
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