CoWIN doesn't collect date of birth, address: Govt sources on alleged data breach

CoWIN, the Covid-19 vaccination registration portal, does not collect any personal details of an individual, including date of birth and address, government sources said on Monday. The development came after opposition leaders claimed a major privacy breach on the CoWIN portal wherein personal details of vaccinated people, including their mobile numbers, Aadhaar numbers, Passport numbers, Voter IDs and details of family members were leaked and "freely available" on the portal. In an elaborate Twitter thread, Trinamool Congress's Saket Gokhale mentioned some high-profile names of opposition leaders, including Rajya Sabha MP and TMC Leader Derek O'Brien, former Union Minister P Chidambaram, whose details he claimed were now available in the public domain. Who has the Modi government given access to sensitive personal data of Indians including Aadhaar and Passport numbers, which enabled this leak?"