Sky News host Paul Murray says Western Australian authorities still refuse to apologise for the use of citiziens' private data, accessed via the state's QR code system, despite assurances it would serve no other purpose than for contact tracing.
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Sky News host Paul Murray says Western Australian authorities still refuse to apologise for the use of citizens' private data, accessed via the state's QR code system, despite assurances it would serve no other purpose than for contact tracing. "In Western Australia, police used the scan-in app you use when you go in pubs and clubs - which is supposed to be used for contact tracing," he said. "They told us, this is definitely not a tracking app.
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