NZ is introducing mandatory record keeping to help contact tracers. But is the data protected enough?

Andrew Chen, University of Auckland

 

From 11:59pm on Tuesday September 7, every person in Aotearoa New Zealand over the age of 12 will be required to keep a record of their whereabouts, either by scanning QR codes or signing paper registers many businesses and event organisers will have to provide.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://sciblogs.co.nz/covid-19/2021/09/06/nz-is-introducing-mandatory-record-keeping-to-help-contact-tracers-but-is-the-data-protected-enough/