In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more specifically
the so-called "lockdown-lifting" strategy, the French
Government decided to implement an app called "StopCovid"
available on smartphones, the aim of which is to alert its users
that they have been in close proximity to people who have been
tested positive for COVID-19 and who use the same app, as this
proximity entails a risk of transmission of the SARS-CoV-2
virus.
This is one of the digital devices implemented by the
Government as part of this overall "lockdown-lifting"
strategy.
Two files, i.e. "Contact Covid" and
"SI-DEP", have already been authorized by the Law
extending the state of health emergency and a Decree dated May 12,
20201. These files aim to ensure
the screening, the conduct of health investigations and the care of
people infected with the virus or likely to be infected.
