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Will make it a crime to use coronavirus tracing data for non-health purposes: Australia

R Sinduja

News Editor
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Australia to make any use of data collected on a smartphone app to trace the spread of coronavirus by non-health officials illegal. PM Scott Morrison declared amidst concerns raised over the tracing app by legal & privacy advocates. Australia has till now only 78 deaths & so far avoided the high death toll of other countries due to tough restrictions on movement. The existing social distancing measures will remain until mid-May.