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S1E68: Police can access TraceTogether data – how will it affect future uptake rate? : The Big Story Ep 68
The Big Story Ep 68: Police can access TraceTogether data – how will it affect future uptake rate?
10:09 mins
Synopsis: This is a special episode of The Straits Times' video series The Big Story.
Following the Jan 4 statement on the Singapore Police Force's access to TraceTogether data, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan - Foreign Affairs Minister and Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation initiative - clarified the purposes of TraceTogether.
He reaffirmed that the token and mobile application do not have the capabilities to track the GPS locations of individuals, but collects only Bluetooth…
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