The GuideSafe(tm), Exposure Notification app allows you to anonymously share positive COVID-19 results. You can also be notified anonymously of the possibility of exposure to someone else who reports a positive COVID-19 result. All this without sharing any personal information. This app allows you to keep your information private while also giving you the ability to protect your health and that of your family.
The app is simple to use:
Step 1: Download the GuideSafe(tm), Exposure Notification App and enable Bluetooth.
Step 2: You can report a positive test for COVID-19. The Alabama Department of Public Health will verify your
Step three: People who have been in close proximity to you within the past 14 days will be informed that they were in contact with someone who has a positive However, they won’t know where or who. Your identity and geographic location are kept anonymous and no personal information is shared.
Why it is important
It is crucial to stop the spread of COVID-19 in order to help our schools, communities and businesses reopen. Contact tracers from the Alabama Department of Public Health can notify anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19. However, they will not know all of the people in their immediate vicinity. The app can notify all exposed people if there are more users.
How it works
Phones using the GuideSafe(tm), Exposure Notification app can exchange encrypted, anonymous codes via Bluetooth low-energy Bluetooth when you are less than six feet from others. If you are positive for COVID-19 and you have tested positive, all those who were within 6 feet of you for at least 15 minutes in the past 14 days will receive an anonymous notification that they have been exposed. They will receive an anonymous notification that they have been exposed to COVID-19. The notification is not identifiable. It does not include the date, time or location of exposure.
We respect your privacy.
The Alabama Department of Public Health developed the GuideSafe(tm), Exposure Notification app in collaboration with the University of Alabama at Birmingham, MotionMobs and Google using technology from a collaboration between Apple & Google. The app allows users to exchange anonymous codes between their phones via Bluetooth. No location data is stored or exchanged and no personal information is shared.
