Police are facing heavy criticism for using QR check in data to solve crimes on at least six occasions. The nation’s privacy watchdog is calling for police forces to be banned from accessing information from contact tracing data.
Queensland Police gained access to the Check in App in June over the theft of a police-issued firearm, while Western Australian Police used it twice before being banned altogether.
There are growing calls from backbench MPs and civil liberty groups to phase out compulsory check-in applications when the worst of the COVID pandemic is over.