The new COVIDSafe app aims to improve the tracing of COVID-19 cases and the people they come in contact with.
The government says the app is safe and personal information will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 and the Biosecurity Determination 2020.
Data would not be passed on to police even if the app found that people had gathered in the one place and breached social distancing measures, Mr Hunt said. "The government has given us assurances data collected will not be shared with any agencies other than health authorities, and it must be protected by a sunset clause that the data will be destroyed when the threat of contagion eases," campaigner Tim O'Connor said.
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