Coronavirus tracking app to be rolled out in Australia only with privacy safeguards – minister
The federal government has promised a systematic assessment of the privacy impacts of a controversial app identifying contacts with victims of the coronavirus, which could delay the prime minister’s preferred two-week deadline for its rollout in Australia.
The government believes the app could be useful in tracing the source of a Covid-19 infection by tracking the contacts of its victims.
The app uses Bluetooth smart phone connections to record who has been near a person for 15 minutes or more, the period defined as a contact.
But privacy law monitors including the Human Rights Law Centre early this month told the health minister, Greg Hunt, in a letter they were worried about the types of data collected by the app.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/15/coronavirus-tracking-app-to-be-rolled-out-in-australia-only-with-privacy-safeguards-minister
The government believes the app could be useful in tracing the source of a Covid-19 infection by tracking the contacts of its victims.
The app uses Bluetooth smart phone connections to record who has been near a person for 15 minutes or more, the period defined as a contact.
But privacy law monitors including the Human Rights Law Centre early this month told the health minister, Greg Hunt, in a letter they were worried about the types of data collected by the app.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/15/coronavirus-tracking-app-to-be-rolled-out-in-australia-only-with-privacy-safeguards-minister
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