Deakin
Australians were asked to record personal information about their race and ethnicity by rogue QR codes and government-endorsed contact tracing apps, research has shown.
A Deakin University academic is now calling for stricter policies regulating the type of information governments can collect during a pandemic, how it is stored, and how it must be protected.
School of Communication and Creative Arts Associate Professor Toija Cinque said millions of Australians’ data was compromised due to the rushed rollout of COVIDSafe.
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