Concerns aplenty as MPs start debating contact tracing app

Ljubljana, 6 July - The government has made a coronavirus contact tracing app the centrepiece of its new legislative package aimed at stemming a new coronavirus outbreak, but concerns over the proposal that the use of app be compulsory for infected and quarantined persons has prompted the country's privacy watchdog to urge parliament to discard it.

Frankfurt, Germany Parliament to debate a bill that provides a legal basis for a contact tracing app. Photo: Xinhua/STA File photo

Frankfurt, Germany
Parliament to debate a bill that provides a legal basis for a contact tracing app.
Photo: Xinhua/STA
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