Law will allay public concerns on data use, say observers

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a potential good rebuttal here:

OV: govt misuse TraceTogether data for crime, when it is supposed to be intended for contact tracing of Covid-19 only

SV: the use of legislation helps to rein in the abuse

Potential counter-rebuttal: The govt can change the law any time it wants and get it passed, esp if it has the majority in parliament.

data collected by the contact tracing system to combat Covid-19 can be used by the police under the Criminal Procedure Code.

the law would be amended to limit the use of TraceTogether data in criminal investigations to seven types of serious offences such as murder, kidnapping and serious sexual crimes.

worried there is still not enough assurance that the law will not be amended in the future to expand the use of the data.

Qn: ‘Only the government can tackle the misuse of information.’ Discuss.