Citizens' data collected by StaySafe app still in hands of private firm

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The data of Filipinos collected by the government's contact tracing app remains in the hands of a private technology firm, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology confirmed.

remains in the hands of a private technology firm, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology confirmed.

“A Memorandum of Agreement or such other deed or agreement as shall be necessary shall be entered into between Multisys Technology Corporation and DOH regarding the donation and use of StaySafe.PH application which shall include the source code, all data, data ownership, and intellectual property involved of the former to the latter," reads IATF's Resolution No 45.

Asked how the government would then protect citizens' data if they remain with a private company, Caintic said,"Right now, I think the NPC has already been doing ongoing and continuous privacy assistance to StaySafe." "Still with Multisys. It seems DICT is not ready [to receive it], it seems they don't have funds to pay for the cloud services," he told Rappler on Thursday.

 

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the government should release the official contract tracing app. As observed, it varies depending on the preferred app of the requiring local or private entity.

I will have to request to delete my data for my privacy. This admin is so not trustworthy.

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