• The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is examining the COVIDSafe application’s handling of personal data with a report containing findings and recommendations expected by the end of the year.
• The Register reports Australia is considering a contact-tracing plan that links government data across jurisdictions, including payment and airline records.
• A Norton Rose Fulbright blog post details a voluntary contact-tracing app launched in Hong Kong that enables users to record the date and time they visited a participating venue.

Editor’s note: The IAPP Resource Center compiled global privacy updates on its COVID-19 Guidance and Resources page.