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German police use Covid-tracking data to hunt murder witnesses by tracking restaurant customers’ movements through vaccine passports

German police have been criticised for using Covid-tracking data to trace contacts from bars and restaurants as part of an investigation.

The case, stemming from November last year, began after the fatal fall of a man while leaving a restaurant in the western city of Mainz.

Police seeking possible witnesses made use of data from an app known as Luca, which was designed for users to register time spent in restaurants and taverns to track the possible spread of coronavirus.

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