Wed Aug 31, 2022 – 5:48 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Auditors within Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government are recommending that the next-generation COVID Alert app be designed with more robust data collection capabilities.
In a recent audit report by Health Canada titled Evaluation of the National COVID-19 Exposure Notification App, government officials highlighted certain areas of weakness in the now-defunct COVID Alert app launched by the Trudeau government at the beginning of the so-called pandemic, saying that keeping these in mind could “ensure the successful development and launch of a similar app by the Government of Canada in the future.”
“While keeping privacy at the core of app design, explore options to increase the ability to collect data, including personal information, to aid public health measures,” auditors wrote in the report.
“Any discussion about the collection of personal information would benefit from early engagement of internal privacy experts and (the Office of the Privacy Commissioner),” they added.
Addressing the abysmal failure of the app, which cost taxpayers $20 million and only managed to get 57,000 Canadians on board before being shut down in June, auditors admitted that “Trust in government is also clearly an issue,” referencing
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