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NZ is introducing mandatory record keeping to help contact tracers. But is the data protected enough?

  • Written by Andrew Chen, Research Fellow at Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland
NZ is introducing mandatory record keeping to help contact tracers. But is the data protected enough?Dave Simpson/WireImage

From 11:59pm on Tuesday September 7, every person in Aotearoa New Zealand over the age of 12 will be required to keep a record of their whereabouts, either by scanning QR codes or signing paper registers many businesses and event organisers will have to provide.

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