Q. The Federal Government is developing an app to help stop the spread of Covid-19. The TraceTogether app will track a person’s movements by GPS and record if that person comes into contact with someone who is Covid-19 positive.
People have to voluntarily opt-in to download the app onto their mobile phones before their movements can be tracked. Once logged in, the app would track you wherever you went.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about this proposed technology?
| NET: Agree | NET: Disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| I would be uncomfortable if the government was able to track all my movements via an app on my mobile phone | 57% | 23% | 28% | 29% | 21% | 13% | 10% |
| This app would help limit the spread of Covid-19 | 52% | 17% | 17% | 34% | 32% | 10% | 7% |
| This app would speed up the removal of physical distancing restrictions | 42% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 39% | 11% | 7% |
| I would download this app onto my mobile phone | 38% | 33% | 15% | 23% | 28% | 14% | 19% |
| I would be concerned with the security of my personal data if this app was on my phone | 63% | 17% | 32% | 31% | 20% | 11% | 6% |
| I’m confident the government will not misuse any data it collects about me via the app | 35% | 36% | 12% | 23% | 29% | 19% | 17% |