We thank Mr Yong Jun Jie, Mr Sean Lim and Mr Darius Lee for their letters. Effective contact tracing is critical as Singapore opens up, and the TraceTogether programme is an important component of this effort. To date, 1.8 million people have downloaded the app. But we can do better. We are rolling out the TraceTogether Token to include the digitally-excluded and those without the requisite smartphones. Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan and Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information Janil Puthucheary have been engaging the media and the community to explain the rationale and to allay the public’s concerns and anxieties. We will continue to do so. The data collected by TraceTogether will be used only for contact tracing. It is encrypted and resides in the device, be it the TraceTogether app or token, and is to be accessed only by the authorities if a user tests positive for Covid-19. The Government takes a serious view of data protection and is committed to ensuring the necessary data security safeguards are in place.... Continue Reading