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Bill restricting police use of TraceTogether data introduced in Parliament, with tougher penalties for misuse
TraceTogether is a mobile app developed by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) (Photo: Hanidah Amin)
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SINGAPORE: The Government moved one step closer to formally restricting the use of personal contact tracing data in police investigations to serious offences, as it introduced a Bill in Parliament on Monday (Feb 1) spelling out what these offences are.
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TraceTogether: PAP MPs say proposed legislation addresses concerns; PSP suggests data should only be used for contact tracing
A user displays a TraceTogether token in Singapore on Jan 5, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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SINGAPORE: Members of Parliament from the ruling People s Action Party (PAP) who raised questions about the use of TraceTogether data in the House last week have welcomed the impending introduction of legislation to limit the use of the data for criminal investigations.
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