A spokesman for the Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) told The Straits Times on Wednesday that almost all of Singapore’s population above the age of six are on the programme.
It did not provide specific numbers.
This comes even after about 3,000 users deregistered from it last year.
SNDGO said this forms 0.056 per cent of registered users, and such cases include long-term pass holders who have left Singapore as well as people who have died.
It also includes those who have requested to opt out for data security reasons.
The programme, which identifies people in close contact with a Covid-19 patient via a Bluetooth-enabled app or token, came under the spotlight a year ago when it was revealed that its data could be used for criminal investigations, despite earlier assurances it would be used solely for contact tracing.
Legislation was then enacted to restrict the use of contact tracing data to investigations of seven categories of serious crimes such as murder, terrorism, rape and armed robbery.
When a user deregisters, all registration data, including his NRIC and contact numbers, is deleted from the TraceTogether server within three to five working days.
This story is from the January 21, 2022 edition of The Straits Times.
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