U.S. Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., are asking biometric services firm Clear for details on how its new Health Pass app, which links individuals to their COVID-19 status, protects and uses subscribers’ biometric information. In Cook County, Illinois, Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle vetoed an ordinance that allows first responders to access addresses of individuals testing positive for COVID-19, while that practice will continue in Shelby County, Tennessee, despite a policy change. Meanwhile, Rep. Candice Keller, R-Ohio, refused to have her temperature taken at work, saying, “I have a right to privacy.”
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