Portuguese government to launch StayAway

&amp;NewLine;<p>It's official; the Portuguese government will be launching its StayAway Covid application tomorrow, designed to let citizens know if there are any infected people around them&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">StayAway Covid available August 7 <&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has given the go-ahead for the deployment of the application, which has been designed to identify at-risk contacts with people testing positive for COVID-19&amp;period; Unlike France, which was opposed to using the API developed jointly by Apple and Google&amp;comma; the Portuguese application should benefit from this API&amp;period; At the time of writing&amp;comma; validation is pending&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;securite-sociale-au-portugal&sol;" class&equals;"rank-math-link">DGS<&sol;a> will be responsible for processing the personal data collected by the application&amp;comma; in this respect, the DGS points out that membership is not compulsory and is voluntary&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The government guarantees complete confidentiality and also that the StayAway application complies perfectly with the RGPD&amp;comma; it also states that the application only records contacts of more than 15 minutes with infected people&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;stayaway&period;jpeg" class&equals;"wp-image-7516"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>At the moment&amp;comma; it's hard to know whether this application will be adopted by the majority of citizens, or whether it will enjoy the same success as in France&amp;comma; where the Stopcovid application is highly criticized&amp;comma; we'll know in the weeks to come&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>For more information on this application and how it works, please go directly to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stayaway&period;inesctec&period;pt">site<&sol;a> dedicated&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;