In response to the member, Scindia has said that the issue was examined and “airport operators have been advised to sensitise Digi buddies on consent taking process and keeping use of Digi Yatra completely voluntary.” To support passengers with the use of Digi Yatra, services of individuals called Digi buddies have been made available at the airports. The minister, in a letter dated January 24, told Gokhale that Digi Yatra is a voluntary process for seamless and hassle-free air travel which is purely voluntary.

“Consent of passenger is pre-requisite for taking face biometric on kiosk based registration. Further, the data is automatically purged from the airport system after 24 hours of departure of the flight,” Scindia said in the letter, a copy of which has been shared by Gokhale on social media platform X. The data shared by a passenger for Digi Yatra is stored in an encrypted format.

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