Government releases proposed laws to underpin privacy protections for COVIDSafe app

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Business owners who ban people from entry unless they have downloaded the government's coronavirus contact tracing app will face five years in jail and a $63,000 fine under proposed laws.

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Business owners who ban people from entry unless they have downloaded the government's coronavirus contact tracing app will face five years in jail and a $63,000 fine under proposed laws.

The legislation would also make it an offence to access the data without proper authorisation and for the data to be stored anywhere outside of Australia.The legislation also says records of the Bluetooth"handshakes" a user's phone makes with people they come in close contact with must be deleted after 21 days or upon request.

The legislation, which will be put to parliament when it returns next week, backs up rules already laid out in a biosecurity determination. "In addition to the protections provided by the biosecurity determination, this bill puts in place a clear process outlining how the government will satisfy its obligation to delete all COVIDSafe data from the national COVIDSafe data store once the pandemic is over.

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The Govt app has proven one thing. The Govt is not trusted by most Australians. Robodebt just one example.

The UK, Sweden, US and soon India use a 'Symptom Tracker' rather than a 'People Tracker' App which seems more privacy friendly. Bluetooth on 24/7 is a big load on battery. Turned on/off via Settings but apps can have control. Will app override Settings?

ERN_Malleyscrub How would they know

Believe it when you see it in black and white, printed on an official paper

One step forward, two steps back by the gov 👏👏👏👏👏

Hang on..the media reported yesterday that the government would make it mandatory that cafes and restaurants could take down the names and addresses of people without the app? What’s the truth

So the Data CAN be accessed (hacked) when a law is needed to penalise those who do. Thanks for the hat tip.

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