Google’s Coronavirus Test Sites May Be Scooping Up People’s Sensitive Information
In the two months since Verily rolled out the testing sites in California, advocates and lawmakers have been warning the […]
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ICO Issues New Guidance On Covid-19 Testing And Monitoring In The Workplace
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidance for employers on complying with data protection law when taking steps to […]
ICO Warns It Will Punish Those Abusing Data During COVID-19 Outbreak
The Information Commissioner’s Office has tweaked its approach the changing data environment that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing. When it […]
NHS contact-tracing app must not be released to public without privacy protections, MPs say
The NHS contact-tracing app must not be released in its current form without increased privacy and data protections, a parliamentary […]
Zoom Agrees to Step Up Security After New York Probe
New York state’s top prosecutor announces that the company Zoom would improve security measures, after flaws were detected as the […]
UK racing to improve contact-tracing app’s privacy safeguards
NHS officials are racing to introduce greater privacy safeguards for the contact-tracing app at the centre of the government’s lockdown […]
‘No data, security breach’: Aarogya Setu says after hacker claims ‘privacy of 90 million Indians at stake’
Aarogya Setu was alerted “by an ethical hacker of a potential security issue in the app”, which they discussed with […]
Notorious Spyware Vendor Pushes COVID-19 Tracking Solution
A notorious spyware firm currently defending in a lawsuit on spying on WhatsApp users is marketing its COVID-19 tracking solution […]
Senate bill would set privacy requirements for COVID-19 tracking
A group of senators want to enshrine privacy protections in COVID-19 contact tracing apps through legislation, but there are concerns […]
India requires all workers to use its COVID-19 tracking app
India is now mandating that all workers use its COVID-19 contact tracing app, even though there are concerns it violates […]
You can have privacy and fight Covid-19
You don’t have to give up privacy in fight against Covid, says Leonardo Cervera Navas, Director European Data Protection Supervisor, […]
Privacy watchdog approves French Covid-19 contact tracing app
France’s privacy watchdog CNIL on April 26 gave a conditional green light to a government-backed scheme to monitor people infected […]