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Daily Dashboard | The latest COVID-19 contact-tracing updates from EU, US and more Related reading: Evolving privacy law 'exciting' for IAPP Westin Scholar

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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:

  • TechCrunch reports EU member states and the European Commission settled on a technical framework to allow contact-tracing apps to function across borders. According to Reuters, however, France's centralized app may not work in cooperation with EU other apps.
  • In the U.S., 39 state attorneys general, including those from Oregon and California, signed a letter to Apple and Google with a call to ensure appropriate personal data safeguards are added to their contact-tracing app.
  • Reuters reports Germany's privacy-focused contact-tracing app was downloaded 6.5 million times in the first 24 hours.
  • Also from Reuters, Amnesty International is urging Bahrain and Kuwait to halt the deployment of their respective contact-tracing apps, which the advocacy group claims are "highly invasive."
  • Belgium's contact-tracing app is being held up by efforts to meet data protection standards, The Brussels Times reports.

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

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