In yet another “technical glitch” Karnataka government’s ‘Parihar’ website on Sunday released personal data of those affected by Covid-19 and details of those in home quarantine. Details of those in home quarantine were available in public domain for hours before being taken down by the evening.

The list of thousands of people across 30 districts of the state – including their full names, mobile number, address, and date of completion of home quarantine – was visible on the ‘Parihara’ website, linked to the web-application of the same name. The details could also be downloaded and exported to an Excel-sheet format.

A health department official termed it “a technical glitch”.

“We were not aware of the details going public till some people reached out to us. Action was taken immediately to put the information behind a login. Privacy concerns of home quarantined people are important,” the official said.

The website now requires login credentials for the information, which can only be accessed by officials and volunteers appointed by the government to enforce the quarantine.

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