Israel introduces new contact-tracing bill
Throughout the COVID-19 global outbreak, Israel has taken a unique approach for fighting the pandemic. While other countries have developed […]
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Coronavirus opens door to company surveillance of workers
Privacy advocates warn of a slippery slope toward “normalizing” new levels of employer surveillance. Employers are rushing to use digital […]
Pub ‘check-in’ apps provoke fresh privacy concerns
With pubs and restaurants required to collect customer data for contact tracing when they reopen, data privacy risks will be […]
Attorney General pens letters to Apple, Google urging them to protect consumer privacy on COVID-19 tracing apps
Attorney General Letitia James is calling on two major tech companies to protect consumer information and privacy as New Yorkers […]
Norway pulls its coronavirus contacts-tracing app after privacy watchdog’s warning
One of the first national coronavirus contacts-tracing apps to be launched in Europe is being suspended in Norway after the […]
Israel Steps Back From Law Involving Secret Service in COVID-19 Tracing
Following widespread protest by the Israeli privacy community and the population at large, a decision by the Israeli Supreme Court […]
UK contracts grant Amazon, Microsoft, Google and AI firms access to COVID-19 health data
UK government has published the contracts it holds with private tech firms and the NHS for the creation of a […]
UK’s COVID-19 tracing app launched before DPIA completion
It has emerged that the UK’s Coronavirus Test and Trace programme failed to complete a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) […]
Lawmakers to unveil bipartisan privacy bill to regulate contact-tracing apps
Senate lawmakers plan to unveil a bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate contact-tracing and exposure-notification apps, seeking to ensure […]
AI firm that worked with Vote Leave given new coronavirus contract
An artificial intelligence firm hired to work on the Vote Leave campaign may analyse social media data, utility bills and […]
HSE will no longer tell employers workers’ test results
The Health Service Executive has said it is to suspend the practice of informing employers of Covid-19 test results and […]
Latvia to be one of first to use Apple and Google software for coronavirus contact-tracing apps
Latvia will be one of the first countries to use the software tool developed by US tech companies Apple and […]