In South Korea, new infections lead the government to require clubbers to show QR codes on mobile phones at the doors.
But data privacy intrusions have made venue owners in some countries hesitant to employ the apps as a sort of entry passport. Norway introduced a contact-tracing app in mid-April, only to announce it wouldthe app on June 16 because of privacy concerns. The app relied on GPS to track the movement of users that tested positive for the virus. Other apps, such as those being developed using architecture designed jointly by Apple and Google, instead use more privacy-friendly Bluetooth.
The use of such technology, combined with more traditional contact tracing methods carried out by people have been credited by scientists for helping to flatten South Korea’s infection curve. As of June 21, the country had more than 12,400 total cases of COVID-19 and 280 deaths. After loosening lockdown restrictions in April, a cluster of more than 130 infections last month were traced to nine nightclubs in the Itaewon district of Seoul.
The QR code on the Naver app is a one-time use only code. Users' data is being stored with the health ministry in an encrypted form and is only recovered when an infection appears at the business, according to Korean media reports. Once the business owner scans it, the information is stored for four weeks.
While use of the scanning app became mandatory as of June 10, businesses will not be punished for not using it until the end of the month.
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