Thai Chana (Thai: ไทยชนะ, pronounced[tʰājt͡ɕʰā.náʔ]; lit.'Thais win') is an online registration system and closed database for public establishments to record their visitors as a government's plan to combat COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand. The database is available only to the Ministry of Public Health's Department of Disease Control in order to track, trace and restrict the visitors who may later be infected.[1]
A Thai Chana checking-in station at the entrance of a store in Bangkok
Thai Chana was developed by Krungthai Bank and Digital Government Development Agency and was launched for public on 17 May 2020, following an order to reopen department stores after 2-month lockdown. Every enterprises are obliged to have their visitors "check-in" to the Thai Chana system upon arrival and "check-out" upon departure. As of February 2020, the system is available on its website and its Android mobile application. On its first day of operation, the system was deployed by more than 44,000 stores and was checked-in by more than 2 million users.[2]
According to the official statement, goal of the system is to "determine the crowdedness of the given business location, so that the business owner can manage the visitors' admission" and to "trace the visitors [in case got infected] and track down those with close contact to them based on their check-ins".[1] However, many found that these goals have never been implemented throughout the pandemic.[3]
Criticismsedit
A Thai Chana scanning stand at an entrance of Iconsiam shopping centre in Bangkok
The system has been criticised for collecting certain aspects of users' private information that are deemed irreverent to the track-and-trace scheme[4] and unnecessarily violating citizens' online privacy.[5]
Privacyedit
Poramet Minsiri, founder of Kapook.com [th] told BBC Thai[4] that Thai Chana has made him realise that "[Thai] citizens' rights are so light". He further criticised the unnecessary collection of users' real-time location, amongst others, as a violation of online privacy. Human rights academics Sarueni Achawananthakun criticised its lack of transparency on data collection. She further questioned the extent of involvement of Krungthai Bank given its for-profit status.[5]
Spam messagesedit
Not long after Thai Chana launched, many iPhone and iOS users in Thailand received spam messages via iMessage advertising online casino scams. Many netizens accused the government's Thai Chana for possible leakage of many telephone numbers to third parties.[6] However, Ministry of Digital Economy and Society declined all claims.[7]
thai, chana, thai, ไทยชนะ, pronounced, tʰāj, ɕʰā, náʔ, thais, online, registration, system, closed, database, public, establishments, record, their, visitors, government, plan, combat, covid, pandemic, thailand, database, available, only, ministry, public, hea. Thai Chana Thai ithychna pronounced tʰaj t ɕʰa naʔ lit Thais win is an online registration system and closed database for public establishments to record their visitors as a government s plan to combat COVID 19 pandemic in Thailand The database is available only to the Ministry of Public Health s Department of Disease Control in order to track trace and restrict the visitors who may later be infected 1 Thai ChanaType of siteonline registration system and closed databaseAvailable inThaiOwnerCentre for COVID 19 Situation AdministrationEditorKrungthai Bank and Digital Government Development AgencyCommercialnoRegistrationrequiredLaunched17 May 2020 3 years ago 2020 05 17 Current statusOnline Contents 1 Development 2 Criticisms 2 1 Privacy 2 2 Spam messages 3 ReferencesDevelopment edit nbsp A Thai Chana checking in station at the entrance of a store in BangkokThai Chana was developed by Krungthai Bank and Digital Government Development Agency and was launched for public on 17 May 2020 following an order to reopen department stores after 2 month lockdown Every enterprises are obliged to have their visitors check in to the Thai Chana system upon arrival and check out upon departure As of February 2020 the system is available on its website and its Android mobile application On its first day of operation the system was deployed by more than 44 000 stores and was checked in by more than 2 million users 2 According to the official statement goal of the system is to determine the crowdedness of the given business location so that the business owner can manage the visitors admission and to trace the visitors in case got infected and track down those with close contact to them based on their check ins 1 However many found that these goals have never been implemented throughout the pandemic 3 Criticisms edit nbsp A Thai Chana scanning stand at an entrance of Iconsiam shopping centre in BangkokThe system has been criticised for collecting certain aspects of users private information that are deemed irreverent to the track and trace scheme 4 and unnecessarily violating citizens online privacy 5 Privacy edit Poramet Minsiri founder of Kapook com th told BBC Thai 4 that Thai Chana has made him realise that Thai citizens rights are so light He further criticised the unnecessary collection of users real time location amongst others as a violation of online privacy Human rights academics Sarueni Achawananthakun criticised its lack of transparency on data collection She further questioned the extent of involvement of Krungthai Bank given its for profit status 5 Spam messages edit Not long after Thai Chana launched many iPhone and iOS users in Thailand received spam messages via iMessage advertising online casino scams Many netizens accused the government s Thai Chana for possible leakage of many telephone numbers to third parties 6 However Ministry of Digital Economy and Society declined all claims 7 References edit a b ithychna khuxxair withilngthaebiynsahrbrankhaaelaprachachnthwip ithyrthxxniln 2020 05 21 Retrieved 2020 06 02 okhwid 19 sbkh phxicmatrkarphxnprnraya 2 wnaerk khn echkhxin phanaexph ithychnakwa 2 lan BBC Thai 2020 05 18 Retrieved 2020 06 02 nisitnksuksaaephthyephuxprachathipity 2021 01 04 ithychnamiiwthaexiyxair Retrieved 2021 11 30 a b kulthida samaphuththi thnyphr bwthxng 2020 05 29 okhwid 19 cakewbistmaepnaexpphliekhchn ithychna yngimchnaicphuichnganbangswn BBC Thai Retrieved 2020 06 02 a b hyngstar smitann 2020 05 20 okhwid 19 ewbistithychna esnbang rahwangkarpxngknorkhkbkarekhathungkhxmulswnbukhkhl BBC Thai Retrieved 2020 06 02 rawngphy snsiti ekmphnnxxnilnerimsng SMS ipyngphuichaexndrxyd etuxnxyakdlingkeddkhad phucdkarxxniln 2020 06 02 Retrieved 2020 06 02 phuphlitaexp ithychna ynimekiywsaepmchwnelnphnn Thai PBS 2020 05 31 Retrieved 2020 06 02 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thai Chana amp oldid 1184605044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
