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Daily Dashboard | The latest COVID-19 privacy news from Canada, India, the UK and US Related reading: US NTIA releases AI Accountability Policy Report

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, here are the latest stories on how the outbreak has affected privacy:

  • As part of the U.K. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, technology companies have begun to process large amounts of British patient data, the Guardian reports.
  • A coalition of 30 groups asked U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, the White House Coronavirus Task Force and several federal agencies to take measures to protect against COVID-19 fraud schemes, HealthITSecurity reports.
  • Vanity Fair reports on surveillance ramifications of the White House's potential COVID-19 surveillance program and the use of drones during the pandemic.
  • Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., signed an executive order allowing the Minnesota Department of Health to share the locations of COVID-19 patients with first responders, the Star Tribune reports. The IAPP's Jedidiah Bracy discussed the issue in Privacy Perspectives last week.
  • Haaretz reports on the potential privacy concerns Israel may face once the country eases some restrictions.
  • Canadian health officials are ramping up the country's capacity to perform contact tracing, the National Post reports.
  • The Philippines Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases adopted a measure requiring the public disclosure of COVID-19 patients, Philstar.com reports.
  • NPR reports on an app the Indian state of Karnataka is using to track residents under quarantine.
  • Wired reports on the impact big data may have on the response to the pandemic.
  • Apple and Google unveiled tools that would allow smartphone users to know if they have crossed paths with anyone who has COVID-19, The Washington Post reports.
  • CNET reports Google Meet added 2 million users a day since the pandemic began.

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

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