The facial recognition and geo-location technology being used in home quarantine trials lacks robust privacy protections, digital rights groups have told state and federal health ministers, warning the data collected needs strong safeguards like those legislated for the COVIDSafe app. In an open letter to Australia’s health ministers on Thursday, the Human Rights Law Centre…

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