Kelber indicated on Monday in the Bavarian broadcasting agreement in principle with Considerations to determine with the aid of a “Corona-App” in light contact with the persons Infected. For him, the hot but, “the people have to voluntarily install this App on their devices,” he stated.

These people could then break for the event that you are tested positive, your real contact persons, a corresponding message, so as to contribute to the chain of Infection to. If the privacy will be sufficiently complied with, “is there going to be a great willingness to share, to protect themselves and to protect others,” said Kelber convinced.

cell phone Tracking via cell towers make no sense

The data protection Commissioner also noted that there is a cell phone Tracking do about the Logging of the devices in mobile radio cells, as it initially was considered no sense. “It’s especially important to have accurate data. And to do this, you need to have not mobile radio cells, as you need to have an exchange of GPS-data via Bluetooth, where you closer to each other,” he highlighted.

Also, it would have to go to “a direct data-sharing of individual devices”. This means, as much data as possible “save it locally, and the Bluetooth ID may first pseudonym to replace”. You do not need to know, “who was that man in the bakery chain”. Also it should be avoided that “subsequently these data in any groups”.

Kelber criticizes delay in digitisation

Kelber also criticized in this context, a delay in the digitalization in the health sector: “We still have no electronic patient file. We have a few data on the electronic health cards.” This would not be sufficient to identify contact persons, because, since always only the own treatment and billing data. FOCUS Online provides you daily with the most important news from the Digital Department. Here you can subscribe to the Newsletter.

You can see that now in the crisis, “that some sections of the German health system have slept through the digitization”. This, however, now is not “Heave-Ho procedure” to catch up, because “such sensitive data, you need IT security and data protection,” said the supervisor of the BR.

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