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Misuse of COVID app data

2021-01-05 16:59:22.441934+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Don't allow the collection of data that can be abused:

Singapore police can access COVID-19 contact tracing data for criminal investigations

Under the country's Criminal Procedure Code, the Singapore Police Force can obtain any data -- including information gathered by the contact tracing TraceTogether app and wearable token -- to facilitate criminal probes, confirms cabinet minister.

Australia’s spy agencies caught collecting COVID-19 app data

The report, published Monday by the Australian government’s inspector general for the intelligence community, which oversees the government’s spy and eavesdropping agencies, said the app data was scooped up “in the course of the lawful collection of other data.”

By way of https://mobile.twitter.com/zac...taker/status/1346164314101657606

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