Healthy Together App

No, participation in Healthy Together is strictly voluntary. Using the app, however, helps you and your fellow Utahns to more accurately pinpoint where the virus might be active during this period where we move into stabilization and recovery, but before we have a vaccine. As more people use the Healthy Together app, the more effective it becomes at helping us find out who is at risk for COVID-19 and if there are larger outbreaks of the disease in communities. This will help us to safely return to daily activities, including reactivating our economy.

Protecting your data is of utmost concern to the State of Utah and the developer, Twenty. To ensure the privacy and security of the data  will follow these principles and limitations:

• Using the app is strictly opt-in and voluntary.
• You own your data and can delete it at any time.
• Only data required to combat COVID-19 will be shared with public health officials.
• Location data is automatically deleted after 30 days.
• Symptom data is automatically de-identified after 30 days.
• The developer will comply with State requirements for data security and encryption.
• You can decide what data you would like to share – for example, bluetooth data, location data, or contact lists.

Read the whole privacy policy here.

Your data is secure and you are in full control of what you choose to share. Only data that is useful to combat COVID-19 will be shared with public health officials.

While the State will have access to your symptom data, location and bluetooth data will only be released to the state should you test positive for COVID-19.

Utah has trained a team of contact tracers under the Utah Department of Health who reach out to people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been potentially exposed to the disease. When you grant access to your location or GPS and bluetooth data, members of this team will be able to access your data to help in the contact tracing process.

The app will help these professionals identify transmission zones, contact patterns, and other vital information to inform their research.

Yes. You can fully delete your data at any time. Location data will automatically be deleted after 30 days. Symptom data will be automatically de-identified after 30 days.

Public health officials and a limited number of development employees with Twenty Holdings, Inc. will have access to your name, phone number, and location data for COVID-19 tracing purposes only.

No. Within our privacy policy, we’ve limited all data collected to researchers, public health, and COVID-19 response efforts.

Public health will only receive access to necessary health data Your data is protected by network security (firewall provisioning, third-party penetration testing, data encryption) as well as State data security measures to ensure your data is protected.

No. You will only be informed by public health workers if you’ve come into close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

The State of Utah values the role of limited government and recognizes that asking you to provide personal information may be uncomfortable and concerning to some. However, you can be assured that your personal data will be used only for the purpose of fighting COVID-19.

Utah will investigate GPS and location data to help understand transmission zones, with the goal of informing policy-makers so they can make swift and smart decisions in the coming weeks and months.

Bluetooth on its own gives a less accurate picture than bluetooth and GPS location data. The goal of Healthy Together is to allow public health officials to understand how the disease spreads through the vector of people and places, and both location and bluetooth data are needed to accomplish that.

Bluetooth helps us understand person-to-person transmission, while location/GPS data helps us understand transmission zones — having both of these important data points provides a more effective picture of how COVID-19 spreads. This data helps policy makers make the best possible decisions about how and where we begin to relax and modify restrictions as our community and economy begin to reactivate.

Right now, the app helps the Utah Department of Health conduct enhanced contact tracing by providing public health workers with location and bluetooth data.

This enhances our contact tracing efforts by giving our public health teams more information. If public health determines it to be helpful, the app could begin automatically alerting people who are identified as having a moderate to high risk of exposure to COVID-19.

The Governor’s Office and the Utah Department of Health worked closely with a developer, Twenty, to develop the Healthy Together app. Twenty repurposed its iOS and Android mobile application technology with existing user registration, location data sharing, basic map visualization, user-to-user sharing, and alerts to deliver a solution in two parts through a mobile application and an official portal to be used by public health.

Twenty consulted with other technology experts and the state of Utah’s team during the development process. The app was coded and created by the core Twenty team and approved by State of Utah leaders and health officials.