Bill to make amendments in usage of TraceTogether data introduced in Parliament
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The Singapore government on February 1 introduced in Parliament the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Amendment) Bill under a Certificate of Urgency.
“These amendments will give legal force to the statement made in Parliament by Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, and Minister for Home Affairs and for Law, Mr K Shanmugam on 5 January, that the use of TraceTogether (TT) data in criminal investigations would be restricted to serious offences,” said the release by the Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO).
The Bill covers the usage of personal contact tracing data recorded in digital contact tracing systems. These systems comprise TT and SafeEntry (SE), as well as BluePass (BP), insofar as it is interoperable with TT. The TT Programme, which includes the TT App and the TT Token, collects proximity data to help i
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