Here are the latest stories on how the COVID-19 outbreak has affected privacy:
2nd April:
- Bird & Bird released COVID-19 data protection guidance.
- BBC News reports how Israeli spyware NSO Group firm it has developed software that uses mobile phone data to monitor and predict the spread of the coronavirus.
3rd April:
- EDPB - The European Data Protection Board has replaced its regular monthly plenary meetings by weekly remote sessions to speed up its COVID-19 guidance.
- UK Government - Fiona Caldicott, National Data Guardian discusses the importance of using health and care information wisely in our response to coronavirus.
- European Law Blog - How the Coronavirus will impact EU data transfers to countries that have received an adequacy standing.
- Politico reports Poland's COVID-19 app may be used as a blueprint for other countries.
- ZDNet - Researchers have developed a method to track smartphone location data to track COVID-19 while respecting user privacy.
- Future of Privacy Forum - FPF analyses mobile apps used in pandemic response comparing the UKs COVID Symptom Tracker App with similar apps from around the world.
- Open Rights Group demands that the government explains its approach to mobile contact tracing.
- Google publishes its COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports.
6th April:
- EDPS, Wojciech Wiewiórowski calls for EU digital solidarity against COVID-19.
- Microsoft defends centralised NHS data centre amid privacy concerns.
- TechCrunch report how EU privacy experts back a decentralized approach to COVID-19 contacts tracing.
- pdpEcho blogs about how data protection law is equipped to allow us to fight a pandemic with personal data.
- EFF writes about protecting privacy while aggregating location data in the fight against COVID-19.
- Facebook announces new tools to help researchers track COVID-19.
- The Independent.ie reports that the Irish Data Protection Commission says healthcare companies may be sharing details with Google and Facebook.
- VentureBeat reports Stanford Institute of Human-Centered AI researchers introduced an artificial intelligence-powered home system designed to monitor for COVID-19 symptoms.
7th April:
- The Guardian reports how it is vital UK supermarkets who contact vulnerable patients 'must delete data when the crisis abates'.
- European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee Chair Juan Fernando López Aguilar announces that any use of smartphone data to manage COVID-19 must respect EU data protection rules.
- Open Rights Group release a briefing for the government relating to contact tracing and immunity passports.
- EURACTIV reports UK Gov DCMS partnered with British video game companies to deliver COVID-19 warnings to gamers.
- Bloomberg reports on how the pandemic can be an opportunity to highlight the benefits of AI.
- Reuters reports that the Federal Ministry of Health in Germany is launching a smartwatch app to monitor coronavirus spread.
8th April:
- European Commission releases their recommendations "for the use of technology and data to combat and exit from the COVID-19 crisis."
- Reuters reports that the French government is working on an app designed to notify individuals when they have come into contact with someone who has COVID-19.
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