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 […]
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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 […]
Lawful Interception Market worth $8.8 billion by 2025
According to report “Lawful Interception Market″, lawful interception market size is projected to grow from USD 3.6 billion in 2020 to […]
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 […]
COVID-19 contact tracing apps being deployed around the world
As countries begin to lift lockdowns from COVID-19, they are relying on contact tracing apps to identify and break the […]
Germany switches sides in privacy contact tracing solution backing Apple and Google
Germany appears to have undertaken a volte-face in the approach it takes to combine privacy and contact tracing, supporting an […]
Coronavirus didn’t kill our privacy — it just exposed the corpse
In most countries only minor amendments of the laws sufficed to introduce Covid-19 surveillance, which normally would be an eye […]
UK ICO Releases Its Opinion on Apple and Google Partnership to Build COVID-19 Contact Tracing Technology
Elizabeth Denham, the UK Information Commissioner, has released an opinion in response to the joint effort announced by Apple Inc. […]
Facebook releases county-by-county maps showing people reporting COVID-19 symptoms
Facebook released its first county-by-county maps of the U.S. on Monday showing the prevalence of self-reported COVID-19 symptoms based on […]