TraceTogether was adopted by approximately 78% of the city – state’s population of almost 5.7 million.
Photographer: Catherine Lai / AFP / Getty Images
Photographer: Catherine Lai / AFP / Getty Images
A senior official said on Monday that Singapore police were using the data obtained through the widely-adopted contact investigation program for criminal investigations.
Home Secretary Desmond Tan at the Home Office said in response to a question about the TraceTogether program in parliament: obtain data, including TraceTogether data, for criminal investigations. ”
“The government is the custodian of the TT data submitted by individuals, and strict measures have been put in place to protect this personal data,” Tan said. “Examples of these measures include that only the authorized officers can access the data, that they are used for authorized purposes only, and that the information is stored on a secure data platform.”
With one of the highest survey numbers in the world, TraceTogether was adopted by about 78% of the city – state’s population of nearly 5.7 million, Education Minister Lawrence Wong said on Monday. The use of TraceTogether through its mobile application or a portable sign is necessary to gain access to public places in early 2021, the Ministry of Health said. declared in December.
Tan’s comments follow concerns about the privacy that citizens raised last year about the contact tracing program. According to the TraceTogether website, the application does not collect data about individual GPS locations, Wifi or mobile networks used. It also states that data “can only be used for contact tracing of persons who may have been exposed to Covid-19.”
According to Tan, public officials who recklessly or knowingly disclose the data may be fined without authorization or misuse of the information. to S $ 5,000, about $ 3,800, or imprisonment of to two years, or both.