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Singapore police to use COVID-19 tracing data for criminal investigations

04.01.2021

Date:
04.01.2021
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Asia and Pacific: Singapore
Alert types:
Surveillance/endangering Source Protection

Singapore police will have access to COVID-19 contact tracing data and will use it for criminal investigations. This has sparked off fears that police may use the data to trace sources of journalists.

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