SafeEntry Australia check-in app

SafeEntry Australia is a community-driven COVID-19 touchless check-in app with automated contact tracing and alerts. Rather than using GPS or Bluetooth technology, which often exchanges geolocations between devices, the app uses QR Code technology for businesses to check in visitors anonymously.

To do this, business owners must register their venue with SafeEntry Australia, which will then provide a unique QR code for their venue. When visitors arrive at their premises, they can scan the code — which can be placed at the front entrance — on their smartphone or tablet, to facilitate a quick, touchless check-in. The business receives an instant app alert if a patron is confirmed COVID-19 positive.

The app also enables users to check in individually with family, friends or work colleagues, by scanning a person’s unique QR code when they meet up. Users can also download individual QR codes for various locations, such as their home and workplace — even their car — by registering these locations within the app for people to start scanning when they enter these locations. Once a QR code is scanned, the device exchanges an anonymised ID, which is stored in encrypted form in Australia-based data centres only. If a user declares they are infected with COVID-19, the app will notify all people and centres the user has scanned within the last 14 days.

The app has been developed through a collaboration between Apiro, an Australian data platform technology specialist, and Mountain Pass, an Australian mobile development and integration company.