Is your personal data on Digi Yatra app safe? Authorities clarify

The Digi Yatra Foundation on Friday said that the personal data of 3.3 million Indian users of Digi Yatra (DY) app is absolutely safe, reiterating that DY does not store Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

The same was reconfirmed in the January 2024 CERT-In audit.

The authorities also confirmed that the Digi Yatra technology infrastructure is being scaled up and will be operated in 28 Airports by the end of April 2024 from the previous 15.


"The personal data of 3.3 million Indian users and the Digi Yatra app are absolutely safe. Digi Yatra is built on the concept of Self Sovereign Identity, and DYCE never stores any of the ID Credentials data, which has Pll anywhere in any central repository. The Digi Yatra blockchain only has Hash/Key values to check the Integrity of the data," the foundation said in a press note.

All the data is gathered and stored on the mobile of the users and DYF or any service provider cannot access user data, it explained further.

"When the user shares the ID credentials and the Boarding pass to the Origin Airport (verifier) and travels through the airport, the data received by the airport is purged/ deleted from airport systems within 24 hours of flight departure," DYF said.

Additionally, Data Evolve has been completely removed from Digi Yatra ecosystem.