Qatar makes COVID-19 app mandatory, experts question efficiency
Starting late last week, citizens and residents have been required to have the Ehteraz contact-tracing app installed on mobile devices […]
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Israel restricts COVID-19 phone tracking to ‘special cases’
Israel’s cabinet has limited COVID-19 phone tracking to ‘special cases’ where normal methods might not be enough. Officials initially wanted […]
Your face mask selfies could be training the next facial recognition tool
Researchers are crawling the internet for photos of people wearing face masks to improve facial recognition algorithms. The practice of […]
Australia Tightens Privacy Protections on COVID-19 Tracing App
New legislation imposes stronger privacy protections on Australia’s planned contact-tracing app. “The Australian government’s coronavirus tracing app will have stronger […]
Hungarian Government Suspends GDPR Data Subjects Rights
On May 4, 2020, the Hungarian Government issued a Decree that suspends, during the COVID-19 created state of emergency, the […]
French Court Bans the Use of Drone Surveillance to Enforce Covid-19 Lockdown
The Conseil d’État, France’s highest administrative court, issued a decision banning French authorities from using drone surveillance to track individuals […]
Senate Votes to Allow FBI to Look at Your Web Browsing History Without a Warrant
The government just got even more power to spy on your internet habits as millions remain quarantined at home. The […]
Health officials think Apple and Google virus-tracking apps will be useless
Apple and Google’s last month announced of a joint effort to track the coronavirus. But as the tech giants have […]
Democrats introduce bill to protect data collected in coronavirus pandemic
Democratic lawmakers from both chambers yesterday introduced legislation to place limits on how tech companies and public health agencies use […]
Big privacy and data security concerns as India forces coronavirus tracing app on millions
Privacy and legal experts raise red flags as many are forced to download an app one politician calls a “sophisticated […]
Questions remain over whether data collected by Covidsafe app could be accessed by US law enforcement
The federal government has reassured the public that Covidsafe data held by Amazon will not be able to be accessed […]
CNIL Updates Data Protection Guidance for Employers in the Context of Lifting COVID-19 Containment Measures
On May 7, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority updated its previous guidance for employers relating to the processing of […]