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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Government expected to extend Shin Bet tracking program for a month
Channel 12 news reports that the government is expected to extend the authority of the Shin Bet to use phone data in order to track coronavirus carriers and possibly enforce quarantine orders.
An ad hoc Knesset oversight committee earlier okayed the use of the data “after marathon discussions,” allowing “Shin Bet to help in efforts to halt the spread of coronavirus for a month” until April 30, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee said in a statement.
According to Channel 12, the Health Ministry will be allowed to hold the data for 60 days for use in internal studies.
–– with AFP
