Countries around the world continue to grapple with COVID-19 contact tracing apps and their privacy applications. Here are the latest developments regarding the deployment of those apps:
- Reuters reports the French government approved the country's StopCovid tracing app, which will be deployed to the public starting May 30.
- Also from Reuters, the Belgian Data Protection Authority has taken issue with the government's plans for contact tracing data storage.
- The U.K. government is set to launch its "test and trace" system, which will require health information and contact disclosures, the Financial Times reports.
- According to The Record, Canadian privacy researchers are asking the government to increase its supervision over the creation of contact tracing apps.
- In an op-ed for TechHQ, PK Head of Engineering Raja Roy makes a pitch for U.S. enterprises creating their own contact tracing apps rather than waiting on statewide solutions.
Editor's note: The IAPP Resource Center has compiled global privacy updates on its COVID-19 Guidance and Resources page.
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