A security officer monitors surveillance cameras with geo-fencing and crowd monitoring capabilities at the command center of the Changi Exhibition Centre amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Singapore. — Reuters
Singapore will only allow police to access personal data from its coronavirus contact-tracing app for “serious” criminal investigations, a move aimed at addressing privacy concerns among users and to safeguard against its unauthorised use.
An amendment to a Covid-19 bill – tabled in parliament this week – will only allow authorities to use data collected from contact tracing in investigations into seven types of crime, with strict penalties including jail for unauthorised use.
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