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#Beyond contact tracing code

AWS – The data in the COVIDSafe App can not be used by private organisations.

#Beyond contact tracing code

Technical – There are some technical concerns that on iOS the COVIDSafe App will need to be kept running in the background. In November 2020, new code was released for public review by the Australian Government targeted to better integrating with State level contact tracing processes and improved Bluetooth function.

Cybersecurity review – There has been a cybersecurity review by The Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre, which has confirmed that the personal information collected is limited.

The source code for the COVIDSafe App is complete. On the Australian Government released the COVIDSafe App source code for public inspection, hosted on a GitHub repository.

Privacy professionals – Privacy professionals are generally accepting that the COVIDSafe App does seek to protect Australians’ privacy.

Tracking – There were also initial concerns around the Government tracking people, but such concerns have been allayed by the COVIDSafe App not using GPS.

This amends the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and creates offences for using data collected by the COVIDSafe App for any purpose other than contact tracing.

The Determination was repealed on by the Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) Act 2020 (Cth) (the Privacy Amendment Act). Function creep – There was initially concern regarding “function creep”, with information being used for other law enforcement purposes but a Determination under the Biosecurity Act 2015 (cth) (Determination) prohibited this.

What are considered to be the major privacy concerns in relation to the app in your jurisdiction (in relation to its use (a) by the government and (b) by private sector organisations)? The Australian Federal Government launched a contact tracing app (the COVIDSafe App) on April 26, 2020. contact tracing app, CCTV, cell phone location data, credit-card history)? Is technology being used by the government to monitor and control the spread of COVID-19 (e.g. Australia Canada China France Germany Hong Kong Italy Indonesia Poland Russia South Africa Thailand The Netherlands Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Australia