Kia ora Hemant,

 

 

Thank you for your email. The Contact Tracing Team work in collaboration
with the Case to recall their movements during their infectious period,
utilising a number of resources as part of the Case Investigation process.
This includes reviewing any contact tracing apps, financial records, or
general tracking apps including Google Maps.

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

Ngā mihi 

 

OIA Services Team 

  

[2]Ministry of Health information releases 

[3]Unite against COVID-19 

 

 

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From: Hemant <[FOI #16719 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 12 September 2021 19:14
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Google maps usage in contract
tracing

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

The information that google automatically captures (this can be seen by
going to
(https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...
even if GPS is turned off is extensive, and could help with identifying
locations that contacts have forgotten they went to.

As such, as part of the Contact tracing efforts for Covid 19, are users
Google Maps histories requested, and if not why not?

Yours faithfully,

Hemant

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Kia ora Hemant,

On behalf of the Ministry of Health, thank you for taking the time to
contact us. We are currently receiving high volumes of enquiries and are
working at pace to ensure we respond to everyone however we do apologise
for the delay in response.

 

We're sorry that we haven't been able to get back to you sooner however
we reached out to our contact tracing team for assistance with answering
your query below:

As such, as part of the Contact tracing efforts for Covid 19, are users
Google Maps histories requested, and if not why not?

* Case investigation is undertaken by PHUs, who use many different
sources from contacts to get their information. 

Once again, thank you for your email and patience during these times.
Ngâ mihi nui 
COVID-19 Response and Co-ordination Team
Ministry of Health
Do your bit to keep New Zealand COVID free; practice good hygiene
(includes washing your hands often and coughing into your
elbow), sign into places using the NZ COVID Tracer app, if you’re
unwell stay home and get tested.

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From: Hemant <[FOI #16719 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 12 September 2021 19:14
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Google maps usage in contract
tracing
 
Dear Ministry of Health,

The information that google automatically captures (this can be seen by
going to
(https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...
even if GPS is turned off is extensive, and could help with identifying
locations that contacts have forgotten they went to.

As such, as part of the Contact tracing efforts for Covid 19, are users
Google Maps histories requested, and if not why not?

Yours faithfully,

Hemant

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