IMPORTANT ADVISORY for ECHS Beneficiaries: Protect Your Medical & Personal Data Online. This is an urgent advisory for all ECHS veterans and beneficiaries. Be extremely careful with your personal documents online. Many websites offering free services ask users to upload documents. Do NOT upload your ECHS medical papers, referral forms, blood reports, or your ECHS card to these unverified sites. Sharing these online puts you at high risk of identity theft, financial scams, and misuse of your private health information by criminals.
Central Organisation ECHS
Adjutant General’s Branch
Integrated HQ of MoD (Army)
Thimayya Marg, Near Gopinath Circle
Delhi Cantt- 110010
B/49711-IT/AG/ECHS dated 07 Nov 2025
All Regional Centres ECHS
ADVISORY : PREVENTING INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII) AND OTHER SENSITIVE DATA —- ECHS BENEFICIARIES
1. Background. It has come to light in the recent times that many websites offering free online services are asking the users to upload any random document from their personal Computers/ Laptops, Smart Phones etc, to avail for services in return from these websites. As a general tendency and lack of knowledge on misuse of their PII data, the Ex-servicemen/ ECHS beneficiaries uploads their medical documents vis. Refferal Forms, Blood Test reports, ECHS application, ECHS card etc. in digital form on these websites.
2. Threat to ECHS Beneficiaries. Sharing medical documents’ online poses significant risks, including misuse of personal data, identity theft and unauthorized use of health information by third parties. Cybercriminals or unauthorized entities may collect such data for fraudulent activities, including the creation of fake profiles, targeted scams or manipulation of medical information.
3. Conclusion. The protection of PII and other sensitive data is crucial for the security and operational effectiveness of the CO ECHS/ Beneficiaries. All ECHS Beneficiaries are advised not to share their medical records, laboratory reports or any personal documents on social media or public platforms.
4. For information and further dissemination please.
(Anurag Bhardwaj)
Col
Dir (S&A)
For MD ECHS
Copy to
All Polyclinic ECHS – For information and further dissemination please.
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