Singapore Government Deletes Epidemic Tracking Data: TraceTogether and SafeEntry Shutdown

2024-02-12 14:28:28

After the epidemic, many countries have successively deleted the data used for epidemic tracking. Recently, the Singaporean government finally announced that it has completely abolished its epidemic tracking system TraceTogether (TT) and SafeEntry (SE) from February 1, and most of the relevant data will be deleted. destroy.

Smart Nation Group, which is responsible for tracking the epidemic, confirmed that it has removed the TT and SE programs from the App Store and shut down their backend infrastructure and their respective websites. To further ensure privacy, the organization has also deleted previously retained user registration data that was previously retained so that the system could be restarted as quickly as possible in the event of new COVID-19 variants or another outbreak. A small amount of data related to a murder in May 2020 will be retained indefinitely.

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The TraceTogether and SafeEntry systems use Bluetooth and sign-in systems in public places to monitor and control the spread of the virus. The system has been decommissioned in February 2023 and will be officially closed on January 10, 2024. However, compared to other countries such as Japan and Australia, the termination plan is slower, so some local people question whether it will continue. . Hong Kong’s safe travel-related data was confirmed to be deleted in January this year.

source:Smart Nation

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