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Police sought access to QR check-in data intended for contact tracing

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/v...21-p582x4.html

Victorian police tried to access QR code check-in data three times in December as part of criminal investigations but were rebuffed by state government departments.


Chief Commissioner Shane Patton told a parliamentary inquiry on Monday that police had made three “informal” requests for names and phone numbers that Victorians volunteered to venues as a COVID-19 contact-tracing tool.

The Health Department, which received two requests, and Service Victoria both rejected Victoria Police’s approach, meaning the officers’ only option to access the data would have been to obtain a warrant via court.