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Exposure Notification tools are supporting apps live in 16 countries and are also being explored by 20 U.S. states and territories, Google announced.
Google says that the apps don't have user access to location data, but health bodies using the technology for their digital tools still aren't pleased.
In a new investigation by Amnesty International, the two Gulf states and Norway have released apps that reportedly operate as mass surveillance tools.
Roundup: UK contact-tracing app switches to Google-Apple model, Microsoft 365 and NHS deal to save …
Also, Medwise.ai wins UK grant to develop AI-powered question answering platform for healthcare professionals during COVID-19.
An International Digital Accountability Council report is the latest suggesting that a number of COVID-19 apps are missing key security measures.
Of 50 worldwide COVID-19 apps analyzed in Nature Medicine, only 16 promised to anonymize, encrypt and secure the data they collect.
Governments are finding technology-based tracking is helping in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, but when does it cross the line into problematic surveillance?
The anonymized, aggregated GPS data is collected from mobile devices that have opted into location-tracking services.
Prescription drug information and names were exposed, but financials and Social Security numbers were not.
Babyscripts CEO Anish Sebastian outlines major tech-driven trends to keep an eye on for the new year.