Coronavirus: COVIDSafe app privacy breaches could draw jail time under new amendment

Adrian Rollins
Updated May 5 2020 - 2:18pm, first published 1:30pm
Attorney-General Christian Porter. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
Attorney-General Christian Porter. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

People caught making unauthorised use of the COVIDSafe app data, including transferring or storing it offshore, could face up to five years imprisonment under privacy safeguards contained in draft legislation.

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Adrian Rollins

Adrian Rollins

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Adrian Rollins is economics correspondent for the Canberra Times

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