China’s fear of COVID-19 reached new heights when the city of Shanghai put members of a WeChat group into home quarantine for at least seven days amid a recent COVID-19 outbreak. The city of 26 million reported 74 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases from July 3 to July 6 that were related to a karaoke bar…
Shanghai Isolates Residents for Being in a WeChat Group with COVID-19 Cases
Australian State Drops Mask Mandate at 80 Percent First Jab Rate
Queensland has dropped its mask mandate on Thursday after the Australian state reached its 80 percent threshold for first dose jabs. The change means that people in the state are only required to wear face masks at airports and on planes unless they have an exemption. More than 3.2 million people in Queensland have now…
South Australian Leader Says No Data Compromised in Contact Tracing Hack
November 8, 2021
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South Australian Premier Steven Marshall has reassured residents that no data was compromised after the state’s contact tracing app was hacked. “There has been no hacking or compromise of data on the mySA GOV app, and there has been no compromise of data that we use for our COVID check-in,” he told reporters. “What we…
7-Eleven Secretly Scanning Customer Faces Without Consent: Australian Data Authority
October 15, 2021
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Convenience store group 7-Eleven has been found collecting facial recognition data from customers without their consent, according to Australia’s data protection authority. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) said facial images of customers were collected while they completed surveys on their in-store experience. Over 1.6 million surveys were completed in 10 months across…
Quarantine Scrapped for International Travellers as NSW Moves to Next Stage of the Roadmap
October 14, 2021
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New South Wales (NSW) Premier Dominic Perrottet announced that quarantine will be scrapped entirely for the fully vaccinated from November, as the next stage of the roadmap begins next week with vaccine passports now available. All international travellers and returning citizens coming into NSW will no longer be required to quarantine from Nov. 1, provided…
Facial Recognition Apps for Home Quarantine a ‘Privacy Disaster’: Report
October 11, 2021
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A new report from the left-leaning Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology has warned state-level governments to avoid crossing into “new frontiers” of citizen surveillance following the increasing adoption of home quarantine apps in the country. Currently, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria are trialling such apps, which use geolocation and facial recognition technology…
Another Australian State Launches Home Quarantine App With Facial Recognition, Geolocation Tech
September 29, 2021
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Victoria is the latest Australian state to launch a home quarantine trial using a facial recognition and geolocation app. Health Minister Martin Foley called on Victorians 18-years and over and currently isolating at home to volunteer to participate in the trial that will run for four weeks. The trial is seen as an alternative choice to…
Australian State Begins Home Quarantine Trial for International Arrivals
New South Wales (NSW) will begin trialling home quarantine for international arrivals at the end of this month as the state gets ready to open up after a prolonged COVID-19 lockdown. The pilot program will consist of 175 people, including 50 Qantas aircrew, who have received two doses of a TGA-accredited vaccine. They will be…
Australians May Have Option to Home Quarantine by Christmas: Expert
Former health chief Jane Halton is optimistic that Australia will have a home quarantine system in place by Christmas when international borders open, which would save returning Australians a significant amount of expenses. Halton, who is also leading the second review into Australia’s quarantine system, said once the 80 percent COVID-19 vaccination threshold is hit,…
PM Calls on Queensland to Allow Home Quarantine
The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called on Queensland to allow home quarantine as the state government deals with a shortage of hotel quarantine rooms and faces criticism over border exemptions for sports stars. The Queensland government granted border passes to more than 100 NRL players’ family members and league officials while the New…
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