Covid Safe App Privacy Legislation
The Australian Government Department of Health, with the support of the Digital Transformation Agency in its role as the COVIDSafe IT service provider, (we, us, our) is implementing COVIDSafe to help States and Territory health officials (health officials) conduct contact tracing to stop the spread of COVID-19.Contact tracing is a fundamental element of a public health response to disease.
Government releases draft legislation for Covidsafe tracing app to allay privacy concerns. the app will “help us to keep you safe and. are diagnosed with Covid-19. The draft legislation.
On 26 April 2020, the Australian Government released the COVIDSafe app to provide a new tool for state and territory health authorities to undertake contact tracing for people exposed to coronavirus (COVID-19).
The COVIDSafe app is part of the Australian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and assists with contacting people who may have been exposed to the virus. Please visit the Department of Health website for more information about the app.
New draft COVIDSafe legislation has been unveiled that significantly strengthens privacy safeguards for the contact tracing app, meaning laws against misuse of citizens' data will cover all.
The Government's contact-tracing app COVIDSafe aims to help track down people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. But like any smartphone app, it raises privacy and security questions.
Translated information about COVID-19 and the COVIDSafe app is available to download and use:. The app has a range of privacy and security safeguards built in. It uses secure encryption and does not collect data on your location.. The Attorney-General’s Department explains how legislation protects your information.
The app will store 21 days of data of people you have come into contact with, and the data will be held on your phone in that time. It is only uploaded to a government server, housed in Australia.
The Australian Government COVID Safe app is now available to download and adheres to strict privacy controls that will be protected by new legislation that will make misuse of the data an offence that could result in five years imprisonment. The COVID Safe contact tracing app is now available to download on the Apple App […]
Part 1 — Preliminary. 1 Name This instrument is the Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) (Emergency Requirements—Public Health Contact Information) Determination 2020.. 2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table.
The Government's contact-tracing app aims to help track down people who may have been exposed to COVID-19, but like any smartphone app, it raises privacy and security questions. Read more