HOW WILL THE AUTHORITIES USE THE COVIDSAFE DATA?
The government's new COVIDSafe voluntary tracing app. Source: AAP
The app is expected to improve the tracing of coronavirus cases and the people they come in contact with. It will enable the identification of individuals who may have come into contact with a positive case, through the data stored in the phone, once made available to the health authorities. The contact will be recorded if the person got within 1.5 m of another person with the app open and the contact lasts for at least 15 minutes. Subscribing to the COVIDSafe app is voluntary. The government recommends all Australian residents to download ti because the more Australians connect to the COVIDSafe app, the quicker we they can track the virus...
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