How to Delete SwissCovid Completely

Table of Contents:

1. Delete via Email
2. Delete on iphone
3. Delete on android

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1. Delete SwissCovid Account through Email

There are 2 methods to get your data (and account) deleted by SwissCovid:

1. Under GDPR: EU/UK Residents have the right to ask (via email), an organization that holds data about them to delete it. This is known as the ‘right to erasure’. Organizations have one month to respond to the request.


2. Under CCPA: California residents have the right to request that a company delete the data/personal information it has on them. A failure to comply with this will result in a fine of upto $7,500.

Now you understand what the Law says, Send your Request directly to SwissCovid using the form below:

Alternatively, you can follow these steps below to get SwissCovid to delete your account/data:

1. To delete your SwissCovid account, contact SwissCovid via email and provide the reasons for your request.
2. Mention the law under which you make your request (GDPR or CCPA).
3. Notify SwissCovid of the penalty for non-compliance - A $7,500 fine under CCPA and 4% of annual turnover under GDPR.
4. Send the email to swisscovid@redacted... Click to see email

2. How to Delete SwissCovid on Iphone

1. On iphone, Goto "Settings "
2. Click on "General" » "Iphone Storage".
3. Select the app, and click "Delete SwissCovid".

3. Delete SwissCovid on Android phone

1. Go to your Android phone Settings.
2. Click on "Apps & Games".
3. Select "SwissCovid" and Click "Uninstall".

1. If a person who has been notified has already developed symptoms of the disease, they should stay at home, avoid contact with other people, and do the coronavirus check or call their doctor.

2. With a combination of the SwissCovid app, contact tracing and complying with the rules, we can continue to keep the new coronavirus effectively in check.

3. SwissCovid is the official contact tracing app of Switzerland and is operated by the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH.

4. If a SwissCovid app user tests positive for the coronavirus, the cantonal authorities issues them with a code (the Covidcode).

5. This warns other app users that have had an encounter with the infected person in the period starting two days before that person first experienced symptoms of the disease).

6. It complements the conventional contact tracing carried out by the cantons – and thus helps to break the chains of transmission.

7. SwissCovid will help to contain the new coronavirus.

8. It records any encounters that it has with other phones (closer than 1,5 metres and for longer than 15 minutes in any one day), as these are the situations in which you are most likely to become infected with the virus.

9. The more people who install and use the app, the more effectively the app can help us to contain the new coronavirus.

10. The data that your SwissCovid app collects are stored locally on your smartphone.

11. When the code is entered, the app notifies these other app users automatically and anonymously.

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