25 May 2021

Government illegally forcing you to download an app?

It seems that the Victorian Government is enticing / forcing / mandating persons to download an app for the purposes of contract tracing, in direct conflict with federal law.


Source: https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/checking-qr-codes

While the federal law Section 94H of the Privacy Act 1988 or the Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) Act 2020 mentions a specific app, the purpose of that app/program is for contact tracing.

Since this information is on the government's website, and not in any 'Act' this requirement or 'suggestion' can be ignored.

See federal legislation:

http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/pa1988108/s94h.html

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