“We’re trying to make traceability less daunting, more efficient and more secure for businesses.”
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit mandates storing such personal data to help it trace where infected persons have gone and who may have been exposed and when.
That requirement has led to the common sight of sheets of paper filled with personal contact information and buckets of pens for people to use on shop or restaurant counters.
It relieves the burden on business
Those papers have to be stored by businesses for a period to ensure they’re not needed to hunt down those that may have been exposed to the virus.