COVIDSafe App legislation: Prison time for hackers who mis-use personal data

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New laws will prosecute breaches of privacy on the COVIDSafe app with tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of fines and even potential jail time. 9News

Under the Crimes Act 1914, a penalty unit means the amount of $210, making a 300-unit penalty approximately $63,000.Under the draft legislation , a person is permitted to access the data if they are employed by a state or territory health authority or if they are an officer, employee or contractor managing the data store.

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly after a press conference providing an update on COVID-19 coronavirus, poses for a photo with the active COVIDSafe app downloaded to his mobile phone, in Canberra on Wednesday 29 April 2020. fedpol Photo: Alex EllinghausenUnder the legislation, your employer nor the government – nor anyone else for that matter – can force you to download the app.

Under "Division 3" of the legislation, the data store administrator must "take all reasonable steps" to ensure that COVID app data is not retained on a mobile device for more than 21 days.

 

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What happens when it’s hacked from China, are they going to get fined?

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Great idea, while they're doing time get them to hack our adversaries

Apart from law enforcement agencies and the government?

1. Scare people to get app. 2. Tell people the only way to ease restrictions if you get the app. 3. Keep it around while thoroughly test. 4. Tell people keep app and will let you know when Paedophiles are close 5. Use app for domestic violence abusers close 6. Track everyone

What does nine news think about the women in Indiana that streamed her skinning live cats

So it can be hacked.!!!

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