Dutch parliament supports law that will regulate coronavirus tracking app
4 years, 4 months ago

Dutch parliament supports law that will regulate coronavirus tracking app

NL Times  

A majority in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, supports Health Minister Hugo de Jonge's emergency bill that must regulate the use of the government's coronavirus notification app. Many parties in parliament stressed that it is good to use digital means in fighting the spread of the pandemic, but almost the entire Kamer also stressed that there must be complete clarity on what people should do if the app notifies them that they were in contact with a Covid-19 patients. De Jonge said that the general policy remains that people should only get tested if they have symptoms, but he added that these guidelines may be adjusted once the app is released. Parliamentarians from various parties said that the app must not result in people who use the app being tested, while people who don't use the app can't make an appointment.

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Dutch government pauses coronavirus app over data leak fears
3 years, 8 months ago

Dutch government pauses coronavirus app over data leak fears

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch government has temporarily disabled its coronavirus warning app amid data privacy concerns for people who have the app installed on phones using the Android operating system. Health Minister Hugo de Jonge announced late Wednesday that the CoronaMelder app will stop sending warnings for 48 hours while the government checks if users’ data is secure. …

Dutch government pauses coronavirus app over data leak fears
3 years, 8 months ago

Dutch government pauses coronavirus app over data leak fears

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Dutch government has temporarily …

Dutch coronavirus app now connects to apps from 7 other EU nations
4 years, 1 month ago

Dutch coronavirus app now connects to apps from 7 other EU nations

NL Times  

From today, the Netherlands' coronavirus notification app CoronaMelder also connects with apps from seven other European Union countries. This means that Dutch app users will also get a notification if they were in close contact with an app user from one of these other countries who tested positive for the coronavirus. "At a later time, corona apps from other EU …

Dutch Covid app sends 10,000 notifications per day
4 years, 2 months ago

Dutch Covid app sends 10,000 notifications per day

NL Times  

The Dutch government's coronavirus notification app CoronaMelder has been downloaded 3.7 million times and sends around 10 thousand notifications per day, Ron Roozendaal, chief information officer at the Ministry of Public Health and in charge of the app, said to broadcaster NOS. If someone tests positive for the coronavirus and reports it on the app, the app will send a …

Several months behind schedule, the Dutch coronavirus app goes nationwide
4 years, 2 months ago

Several months behind schedule, the Dutch coronavirus app goes nationwide

Dutch News  

The Dutch coronavirus tracing app was introduced across the country on Saturday, following last week’s senate vote in favour of using the alert-based system. The CoronaMelder app, first mooted in early April, will warn users if they have spent 15 minutes or more in close contact with someone who tests positive for the virus – as long as they have …

Several months behind schedule, the Dutch coronavirus app goes nationwide
4 years, 2 months ago

Several months behind schedule, the Dutch coronavirus app goes nationwide

Dutch News  

The Dutch coronavirus tracing app was introduced across the country on Saturday, following last week’s senate vote in favour of using the alert-based system. The CoronaMelder app, first mooted in early April, will warn users if they have spent 15 minutes or more in close contact with someone who tests positive for the virus – as long as they have …

Dutch coronavirus app goes live nationally
4 years, 3 months ago

Dutch coronavirus app goes live nationally

NL Times  

The Dutch coronavirus app went online for all users across the Netherlands at the start of Saturday. Another criticism of the app is that 1.47 million people in the Netherlands aged 12 and older are unable to use CoronaMelder, either because their phones run an older operating system, or because their phones do not run on iOS or Android. In …

Dutch coronavirus app rolls out nationally Oct. 10 after months of talks
4 years, 3 months ago

Dutch coronavirus app rolls out nationally Oct. 10 after months of talks

NL Times  

Nearly six months after talks started about an official Dutch coronavirus notification application, the CoronaMelder mobile app will be ready for use nationally on Saturday, the Cabinet said in a statement. "The app can play an important role in this, so it is high time to start using it in the Netherlands now.” The ministry said the app is additional …

Another privacy risk uncovered in Dutch Covid app
4 years, 3 months ago

Another privacy risk uncovered in Dutch Covid app

NL Times  

Researchers from Radically Open Security uncovered another privacy risk with the Dutch government's coronavirus warning app CoronaMelder. GGD employees can check whether someone who just tested positive for Covid-19 is using the app, and then use the app to warn their close contacts. The GGD employee being able to check whether the patient sent out the notification, also endangers the …

Developers annoyed by delay in Dutch Covid app release
4 years, 3 months ago

Developers annoyed by delay in Dutch Covid app release

NL Times  

The Dutch government's coroanvirus app, which will notify users if they were in close contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, has been ready since early August. "The app has been technically ready since the beginning of August, but now it's on the shelf," one developer, who asked to remain anonymous, said to the broadcaster. Once the Senate approves …

Meal delivery workers urged to download coronavirus app ‘to prevent infections’
4 years, 4 months ago

Meal delivery workers urged to download coronavirus app ‘to prevent infections’

Dutch News  

Health ministry officials have put pressure on meal delivery workers to download the government’s coronavirus tracing app, the NRC reported on Wednesday. The ministry has written to the delivery workers’ union NLVVM requesting that the organisation ask its members to ‘download the app, so that undesirable infections can be prevented’, the paper said. The writer of the email also stresses …

Health Ministry pushing meal deliverers to install coronavirus app: report
4 years, 4 months ago

Health Ministry pushing meal deliverers to install coronavirus app: report

NL Times  

The Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports sent an email to the Dutch association for meal delivery services NLVVM, asking employers to have their meal deliverers install the government's coronavirus notification app, NRC reports. The email to NLVVM states that various organizations must use the CoronaMelder, so that as many people as possible have the app. A spokesperson for …

New setback delays nationwide launch of corona 'track and trace' app
4 years, 4 months ago

New setback delays nationwide launch of corona 'track and trace' app

Dutch News  

The Dutch coronavirus app CoronaMelder will not go live on September 1 as planned because the emergency law authorising its use is still waiting to go through parliament. Health minister Hugo de Jonge confirmed in a letter to MPs that the app, seen as a key element of the government’s coronavirus strategy, would not be active despite more than a …

National launch of Dutch coronavirus app delayed
4 years, 4 months ago

National launch of Dutch coronavirus app delayed

NL Times  

The Dutch government's coronavirus notification app CoronaMelder will not launch on Tuesday, September 1, as planned. Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health decided to postpone the national launch until after the law that must regulate the use of the app is in place. The app became available in app stores two weeks ago and was downloaded by over a …

1.5 million can’t download Dutch coronavirus tracking app; 800k downloads so far
4 years, 4 months ago

1.5 million can’t download Dutch coronavirus tracking app; 800k downloads so far

NL Times  

Over 1.47 million Netherlands residents aged 12 and older will not be able to use the CoronaMelder app because their smartphones don't run on the required versions of Android or iOS, according to figures the Ministry of Public Health shared with NU.nl. The app was downloaded over 800 thousand times in the first week of it becoming available on the …

Dutch privacy watchdog says coronavirus app still needs work
4 years, 4 months ago

Dutch privacy watchdog says coronavirus app still needs work

Dutch News  

Dutch privacy watchdog AP has told the health ministry not to press ahead yet with its coronavirus tracking app, because various questions still remain about security and personal data controls. The app is part of a system and all other parts of that system should deal properly with privacy as well.’ Use of the app should also be regulated in …

CoronaMelder app now available for download; Tested in Drenthe, Overijssel
4 years, 4 months ago

CoronaMelder app now available for download; Tested in Drenthe, Overijssel

NL Times  

The government's coronavirus warning app CoronaMelder is available to download from Monday, though most of the Netherlands will be unable to use it until at least September 1. In the coming two weeks, the app will be tested in Drenthe and Overijssel. In Drenthe and Overijssel, GGD employees and people who tested positive for the coronavirus and use CoronaMelder, can …

Dutch coronavirus app to launch on Sept. 1
4 years, 5 months ago

Dutch coronavirus app to launch on Sept. 1

NL Times  

The Dutch government's coronavirus notification app, CoronaMelder, will be launched throughout the Netherlands on September 1, Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health announced in a letter to parliament. Before that, a number of practical and safety tests will be done and the Dutch Data Protection Authority will evaluate the app. The app is meant to be a supplement for …

Coronavirus app tested in Twente region next month
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus app tested in Twente region next month

NL Times  

Early next month, the government will test its coronavirus notification app among a few hundred users in the Twente region, Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health wrote in a letter to parliament. The Ministry of Public Health will work with white hat hackers to test the apps security, cybersecurity expert Brenno de Winter told RTL Nieuws. The coronavirus app …

Opinion sharply divided about using an app to trace coronavirus cases
4 years, 7 months ago

Opinion sharply divided about using an app to trace coronavirus cases

Dutch News  

There is sharply divided support for a coronavirus tracing app among the Dutch and only one third say they would download it without question, according to research carried out by Delft, Maastricht and the VU universities. A further one third of the random sample of 926 people who took part in the research said they had doubts about using an …

Dutch divided on coronavirus tracking app
4 years, 7 months ago

Dutch divided on coronavirus tracking app

NL Times  

The Netherlands population is almost evenly divided on the use of an app to track who was in touch with someone diagnosed with the coronavirus, according to a survey by public health institute RIVM and Dutch universities among a representative group of 926 Dutch. Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health previously said that at least 60 percent of the …

Developers to start testing Dutch Covid-19 tracing app in June
4 years, 7 months ago

Developers to start testing Dutch Covid-19 tracing app in June

Dutch News  

Initial testing will start on the app which the Dutch government hopes will improve the tracing of coronavirus infections in the first half of June, the head of the health ministry’s information policy unit has told journalists. GitHub – minvws/nl-covid19-notification-lab-android: Android app for experiments with GAEN and Bluetooth protocols https://t.co/rriBVgYsQL — Ron Roozendaal May 29, 2020 Asked when the app …

Developers to start testing Dutch Covid-19 tracing app in June
4 years, 7 months ago

Developers to start testing Dutch Covid-19 tracing app in June

Dutch News  

Initial testing will start on the app which the Dutch government hopes will improve the tracing of coronavirus infections in the first half of June, the head of the health ministry’s information policy unit has told journalists. GitHub – minvws/nl-covid19-notification-lab-android: Android app for experiments with GAEN and Bluetooth protocols https://t.co/rriBVgYsQL — Ron Roozendaal May 29, 2020 Asked when the app …

Coronavirus tracking app code unveiled; final version to come next month
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus tracking app code unveiled; final version to come next month

NL Times  

A beta version of the government-backed coronavirus tracking app has has been released to the public on Wednesday, with the final product being expected sometime in June, Minister of Health Hugo de Jonge confirmed on Wednesday. This follows nearly a month on from the government's appointment of a team of experienced developers to design the app, with the final product …

Coronavirus tracking app ready for beta testing by end May
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus tracking app ready for beta testing by end May

NL Times  

The Dutch government appointed a team of experienced developers to create its coronavirus tracking app and hopes to have the first version ready for beta testing by end May, Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health said to parliament. The Ministry of Public Health decided to develop its own tracking app after a previous attempt to get such an app …

Majority would use a coronavirus tracing app, research shows
4 years, 8 months ago

Majority would use a coronavirus tracing app, research shows

Dutch News  

Over half the Dutch would be prepared to use an app to trace coronavirus infections if it met proper guarantees on privacy and security, the AD reported on Thursday. Young adults are the most likely to agree to use an app which would use bluetooth technology to alert them if they have been close to a coronavirus patient, the researchers …

Majority of Dutch willing to use safe coronavirus tracking app: study
4 years, 8 months ago

Majority of Dutch willing to use safe coronavirus tracking app: study

NL Times  

More than half of Netherlands residents are willing to install a coronavirus tracking app on their phone, provided that the app meets all privacy and security requirements, according to a study by Erasmus University in Rotterdam among a representative group of 900 Dutch people, AD reports. Teenagers and young adults in particular are willing to install an app that will …

Decision on coronavirus app to take more time; Privacy still a concern
4 years, 8 months ago

Decision on coronavirus app to take more time; Privacy still a concern

NL Times  

It will be a while yet before the government decides which of seven apps demonstrated at a so-called "appathon" over the weekend will be used to track who coronavirus patients had contact with. Each of the app designs presented on Saturday and Sunday still have flaws that first need to be worked out, Ministry of Public Health official Erik Gerritsen …

MPs call for committee to study plans for corona tracking app
4 years, 8 months ago

MPs call for committee to study plans for corona tracking app

Dutch News  

MPs have called for a committee to investigate plans to track and trace people infected with coronavirus via an app to tackle concerns about privacy. Parties including the PVV, Labour, animal rights party PvdD and Forum voor Democratie have backed plans for a committee hearing, which would take evidence from behavioural scientists and security experts. Health minister Hugo de Jonge …

MPs call for committee to study plans for corona tracking app
4 years, 8 months ago

MPs call for committee to study plans for corona tracking app

Dutch News  

MPs have called for a committee to investigate plans to track and trace people infected with coronavirus via an app to tackle concerns about privacy. Parties including the PVV, Labour, animal rights party PvdD and Forum voor Democratie have backed plans for a committee hearing, which would take evidence from behavioural scientists and security experts. Health minister Hugo de Jonge …

Scientists warn Dutch gov't against "invasive" coronavirus apps
4 years, 8 months ago

Scientists warn Dutch gov't against "invasive" coronavirus apps

NL Times  

A group of 60 scientists wrote a letter to the government to voice concerns about using apps to track and combat the coronavirus, describing the plan as "invasive". "The use of apps should not affect our fundamental rights and freedoms," they said in their letter, RTL Nieuws reports. It is therefore important to take a critical look at the usefulness, …

No plans to relax Covid-19 measures yet: Dutch PM; Gov't to use app for patient tracking
4 years, 9 months ago

No plans to relax Covid-19 measures yet: Dutch PM; Gov't to use app for patient tracking

NL Times  

With reporting by Zack Newmark. The news was revealed shortly before a scheduled Tuesday evening press conference with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge, where Rutte both praised people in the Netherlands for largely respecting the social distance measures over the past warm weekend, and told them to absolutely continue to maintain distance over the upcoming …

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