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Daily Dashboard | COVID-19 contact-tracing updates around the world Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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  • Tech firms around the world are developing technologies to help employees return to the office, like wearable devices to assist with social distancing and thermal imaging cameras to screen for COVID-19 infection, CNBC reports.
  • Based on feedback from public health authorities, a blog post by Google Vice President of Engineering Dave Burke said the company updated its Exposure Notifications System to improve transparency and privacy.
  • Travelers in Singapore will be required to wear an electronic monitoring device to ensure compliance with COVID-19 quarantines, Reuters reports.
  • In Canada, former Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian said she “completely” objects to a regulation directing bars and restaurants to collect personal information to assist with contact tracing, saying “there is no semblance of privacy at all,” CTV News reports.
  • CTV News also reports following initial privacy and security concerns, federal and Ontario privacy commissioners said they support the new COVID Alert app.

Editor’s note: The IAPP Resource Center compiled global privacy updates on its COVID-19 Guidance and Resources page.

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