NEW DELHI: : Digital rights advocacy group, Internet Freedom Foundation , has asked the the Centre to issue advisories against sharing of lists of Covid-19 quarantined people, along with other sensitive details such as their names, addresses, and in some instances even passport numbers.IFF, while taking cognisance of "multiple press reports" that detailed the circulation of such lists, stated that making this information public "is a breach of personal privacy and is exposing such quarantines to second order harms." Second order harms are generally much less talked about by public, even though they are a direct result of an action."To address it we have urged the ministry of health; ministry of urban development and housing; and the national real estate development council (NAREDCO) to urgently issue advisories," the statement adds.IFF executive director, Apar Gupta also said that they have asked the Centre to intervene and invoke Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, which prevents state governments from disseminating such lists.Over the last week, several lists containing the names and addresses of people who have been abroad, were made public on WhatsApp . Though these lists have primarily been circulated by resident welfare associations and group housing societies, in some instances, state governments, too, have shared sensitive information that violate an individual's privacy and compromises their safety."These lists are being shared through digital means. This increases the field of dissemination and can lead to acute harm. Worryingly some state governments (Delhi, Chandigarh, Karnataka Rajasthan ) are publishing such information pro-actively," IFF tweeted on Monday.While IFF stated that the lists are not uniform and don't always contain the name of the quarantined people, they do reveal "personally identifiable information such as the addresses and the relatives of such persons". The circulation of such lists erodes social solidarity and replaces it with private vigilantism, it adds."Such disclosure leads to acute ostracisation. Some people have been asked to vacate their houses. Their caregivers and relatives have been targeted," Gupta said.