Covid-19 tracking mobile apps can be “a substantial support” for tracking contact-tracing when reducing lockdowns and limiting procedures, the EU commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, stated Monday (4 May). “[The EU] can take advantage of these apps to allow some taking a trip throughout the holiday,” Vestager, commissioner for the digital portfolio, informed informed MEPs of the […]

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Member states settled on Thursday (16 April) that Covid-19 mobile applications need to not procedure the location data of people, due to the fact that “it is not necessary nor recommended for the purpose of contact tracing”. “Collecting an individual’s movements in the context of contact tracing apps would create major security and privacy issues,” […]

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