New laws will be passed to cover privacy fears about the coronavirus tracing app after experts and the opposition raised concerns police could get access to the data | MaxKoslowski
"The only way to provide these protections is to build privacy into the design of the app and to enact rigorously drafted legislation to address all remaining privacy and security concerns," Mr Dreyfus said.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday the app will make Australians safer by hastening state health departments' contact tracing efforts. Legal experts fear reassurances around personal data do not address the controversial encryption laws, which give intelligence services greater access to phone content."The primary concern is that police or intelligence agencies, using their new encryption powers, could use the government’s coronavirus tracing app as a gateway to gain access to all of the information on your phone," Human Rights Law Centre senior lawyer Alice Drury said.
Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O'Shea urged the government to release the app's source code and privacy assessments before the app is rolled out.
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