A Very Useful Analysis On Where We Are With The COVIDSafe App, Functionality And Protection Of Privacy.

This appeared a few days ago.https://www.ausdoc.com.au/opinion/there-are-some-mistruths-about-covidsafe-app-need-clearingThere are some mistruths about the COVIDSafe app that need clearing up Dr Katharine Kemp (PhD) Dr Kemp (PhD) is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, UNSW, Sydney. 7th May 2020The Australian Federal Government will need to correct earlier misstatements and improve privacy protections to gain the trust of the millions of Australians being called on to download the COVIDSafe contact tracing app.The draft Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) Bill 2020, or the COVIDSafe bill, released on Tuesday, is the first step towards parliamentary legislation providing privacy protections for users of the app.The COVIDSafe bill includes some significant improvements on the protections offered by Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt ’s current determination under the Biosecurity Act, which put rules in place to encourage uptake of the app.However, the bill falls... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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