CORONAVIRUS — SAFEWA APP
981. Hon PETER COLLIER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
(1) Has all the
information obtained by the Department of Health for COVID purposes, including
but not exclusive to the SafeWA app, been destroyed?
(2) If not, what information has
been retained and why?
Hon
SAMANTHA ROWE replied:
I answer on behalf of the Leader of
the House. I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I provide
the following answer on behalf of the Minister for Health.
(1)–(2) The
Department of Health is responsible for the management of patient data across Western
Australia's health system, including information related to contact
tracing, and as such continues to hold data that pertains to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic.