The HSE has created a free smartphone app to help improve contact tracing for COVID-19.
The app will make contact tracing faster and more accurate, reducing the spread of coronavirus.
Over 1,180,000 have already downloaded the app as of today.

If you use the app, you can:

How it Works:
The COVID Tracker phone app uses Bluetooth to make a secure, anonymous record any time you are close to other app users. The record is stored locally on your phone in an encrypted form and can’t be read by you or the other person.

Helping with Contact Tracing
If an app user tests positive for coronavirus, the HSE can ask them for their app records. You’re in control of sharing your records but the information will help to alert other people who might be affected. This can reduce the spread of coronavirus.

COVID Check-In

The app will ask you how you’re feeling and if you’re not well, you will be brought through the coronavirus symptom checker. You will be provided with expert HSE advice where needed.

Privacy and data

Any personal data provided will be processed in line with GDPR and data protection law. The data will only be used in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. You can choose to leave and uninstall the app at any time.

Find out more at covidtracker.ie

The app:
Collects data anonymously and stores it on your phone
Does not publicly identify anyone with coronavirus or identify you to other app users
Will not make personal data available to the HSE without your direct consent
COVID Tracker is a free app for your mobile phone. It will help us to protect each other and slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ireland.

Using the COVID Tracker app along with the existing public health measures will help us all stay safe when we meet up, socialise, work or travel.