• A trial of England’s COVID-19 contact-tracing app begins today in the Isle of Wight, BBC News reports.
• The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office issued a statement in response to a trial of the app, saying “a high level of transparency” and data protection should be at the heart of the app to build public trust and the U.K. Department of Health and Social Care conducted a data protection impact assessment.
• In Germany, police and landlords in Saxony and Brandenburg illegally collected data about individuals infected with COVID-19, Heise reports.

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