COVID-19 privacy news (w/e 10th July)

10/07/2020 | COVID-19 Round-up

Here are the latest stories on how the COVID-19 outbreak has affected privacy:

7th July:

  • ZDNet reports how Ireland has successfully launched its contact-tracing app following Apple and Google's model.
  • Google employee (director of international legal privacy) posts article on the lessons learned developing the contact-tracing API.

9th July:

  • The Guardian reports Councils not being given access to the data required to contain COVID-19 despite having signed data-sharing contracts. 
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