TraceTogether has been adopted by approximately 78% of the city’s nearly 5.7 million city-state population.
Photographer: Catherine Lai / AFP / Getty Images
Photographer: Catherine Lai / AFP / Getty Images
The Singapore police force can use the data acquired through its widely adopted contact tracing program for criminal investigations, a senior official said on Monday.
In response to a question about the city-state’s TraceTogether program in parliament, Desmond Tan, Minister of State for the Interior, said the police force was “empowered under the Code of Criminal Procedure to obtain data, including TraceTogether data, for criminal investigations. “
“The government is the custodian of TT data sent by people and there are strict measures in place to protect this personal data,” Tan said. “Some examples of these measures include only allowing authorized agents to access the data, use it only for authorized purposes, and store it on a secure data platform.”
With one of the highest adoption rates in the world, TraceTogether has been adopted by about 78% of the city’s nearly 5.7 million city-state population, Education Minister Lawrence Wong said during a parliamentary speech Monday . The use of TraceTogether through your mobile app or a portable token will be required for entry into public places in early 2021, the Ministry of Health said. he stated in December.
Tan’s remarks follow the privacy concerns raised by citizens last year over the contact location program. According to TraceTogether website, the program does not collect data on individual GPS locations, Wifi or mobile networks used. It also states that the data “can only be used to track contacts of people possibly exposed to Covid-19.”
According to Tan, public officials who recklessly or knowingly disclose data without authorization or misuse of the data may be subject to a fine. Until $ 5,000, about $ 3,800 or prison Until two years, or both.