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Employers could land in jail for forcing employees to download COVIDSafe

Following the Parliament’s passing of the Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) Bill 2020, which underpins privacy protection behind the COVIDSafe app, an employer could face up to five years’ jail time and fines of $63,000 for requiring an employee to download and use the app as a condition of employment.

by | 17 May, 2020

“Requiring a person to download, use or consent to upload COVID app data is an offence under this bill and carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment or 300 penalty units, or both. This measure provides strong incentives against imposing requirements relating to the download and use of COVIDSafe,” the explanatory memorandum to the bill reads.

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