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There are 2 methods to get your data (and account) deleted by COVID Alert - Let’s protect each other:
Now you understand what the Law says, Send your Request directly to COVID Alert using the form below:
Alternatively, you can follow these steps below to get COVID Alert to delete your account/data:
1. Several times a day, COVID Alert checks a list of codes from people who tell the app they tested positive.
2. If you test positive for COVID-19 you’ll receive a one-time key with your diagnosis to enter into COVID Alert.
3. COVID Alert uses Bluetooth to exchange random codes with nearby phones.
4. COVID Alert was built by Health Canada with the Canadian Digital Service on the private exposure notification framework by Apple and Google.
5. Other phones using COVID Alert check the central server periodically throughout the day.
6. Canada's COVID Alert app notifies you if someone you were near in the past 14 days tells the app they tested positive.
7. COVID Alert works by determining how far away other phones are by the strength of their Bluetooth signal.
8. Provincial and territorial governments are working to support COVID Alert across Canada.
9. It’s still helpful to keep COVID Alert on, no matter where you are.
10. The app asks permission to share your random codes from the last 14 days with a central server.
11. You’ll get a notification if a code you received matches one of the positive codes.
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