The J&K government has warned the Head of the Departments (HoDs) of the Health and Medical Education Department against using the banned CamScanner app.
CamScanner is a popular mobile application used to scan documents and it was among the first tranche of Chinese apps to be banned by India in June 2020 over concerns of national security.
However, it is being noticed that officers/officials of the Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department are still continuing the use of these applications, especially CamScanner.
Now the H&ME has asked HoDs to avoid using the app or it shall invite disciplinary action under the relevant conduct rules.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), Government of India, among other applications developed by Chinese Tech firms, banned the use of the CamScanner app in India conceiving a threat perception with regard to privacy and security of Indians as some of these apps are stealing and surreptitiously transmitting user data in an unauthorized manner to servers located outside India, reads the circular issued by Waqar Talib, Under Secretary to the Government
It has been noticed that some Officers/Officials of the Health and Medical Education Department are still continuing the use of these applications especially CamScanner while sharing official communications on digital platforms and uploading documents on websites, thereby defeating the very purpose of instructions notified in this regard by MEITY, Government of India. This violation of standing instructions has been viewed seriously by the authorities, it added.
“Accordingly, it is impressed upon all the HODs of the Health and Medical Education Department to strictly adhere to the instructions issued on the subject and desist from using the Applications banned by MEITY, Government of India. Any violations of the above instructions shall invite disciplinary action under the relevant conduct rules”, the circular reads