Thanks for the question.
Thanks for bringing back some of the early stuff that was written at those very early stages of COVID. I think in some ways that really does highlight how essential it is to get the frameworks right to have the kind of transparency and the guardrails that we're talking about.
The last couple of years have been demonstrative of the need for both data and public active participation in different things. COVID Alert was a good example of that as well.
You can only get there if there is public trust in those collecting the data, in how it will be used and in the oversight that is in place. I think, respectfully, that we still fall short in that regard. The commissioner has raised these kinds of concerns. I don't think anyone is going to credibly try to question the commissioner when he raises these kinds of issues. That strikes me as a source of concern.
In terms of how long data is retained, that's a benchmark issue that exists within all modern privacy laws. One only retains data for as long as strictly necessary. If we're talking about specific trends data where we're trying to respond rapidly based on emerging trends, I would suggest that there is little reason to retain that data for lengthy periods of time once the value of it for that particular trend may have passed.