INTRODUCTION
The outbreak of COVID-19 and its development into a pandemic has
led governments across the world to take extraordinary measures to
protect their residents. The Central Government and various State
Governments in India, along with public-health authorities,
not-for-profit organizations and corporates, are collecting,
tracking, and using information about individuals to slow down the
spread of COVID-19; however, since a large proportion of such
information could be categorized as 'personal data' or
'sensitive personal data' its use is subject to the data
protection laws in India. It is, therefore, essential that a
balance is struck between an individual's right to privacy and
public interest at large. Separately, as a result of the COVID-19
pandemic, corporates are also required to implement aberrant
measures to safeguard their employees and extended workforce. In
this regard, the collection of personal data by corporates will
need to be undertaken in
