Once downloaded, the app requests the user's phone number, name, age-range and postcode. The Government has promised that a Covid-19 contact-tracing app will be available in less than a fortnight. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday launched the COVIDSafe app – an app he said will "save lives and save livelihoods". Once downloaded, the app requests the user's phone number, name, age-range and postcode. "The data is stored on the phone, and if the user tests positive, they then release the data to the Government for contact tracing.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 26, 2020 23:15 UTC