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  • Tips For The Ethical Use Of Tech In The Coronavirus Age
    Coronavirus smartphone contact tracing app
    Or simply, how to balance public interest and data privacy rights.
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Not Coming Soon, Top US Scientist Says
    COVID-19
    Top US scientist says he isn't count on a vaccine for COVID-19 any time soon.
  • Digital Contact Tracing Labeled 'New Form Of Surveillance' By Canadian Privacy Watchdogs
    Contact tracing app TraceTogether, released by the Singapore government to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen on a mobile phone, in Singapore
    There's been a mixed response to contact tracing in the country, but only Quebec has "strongly pushed back" against its use.
  • Not Many People Want To Use Contact Tracing Apps, Poll Finds
    3D printed coronavirus model and Google logo
    Digital contact-tracing, to be effective, would have to reach about 60 percent of the population.
  • How Android, iOS Contact Tracing Apps Are Handling Privacy Issues
    A woman takes a look on the new Google Pixel 4 smartphone displayed during a Google launch event in New York
    Google and Apple's COVID-19 contact tracing technology is getting improved ahead of launch, with some notable improvements to protecting privacy.
  • Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps Raise Privacy Concerns
    World Health Organization
    Governments are promising to anonymize users' data and restrict the use of information gathered to tackle the pandemic, but in many cases, they have yet to explain how they would do so.
  • Is Cellphone Tracking The Best Contract Tracing Procedure?
    Google Maps application is displayed on a smartphone as central Seoul is seen in the background in Seoul, South Korea, in this photo illustration on August 24, 2016.
    Phone apps promise to identify the recent contacts of people with COVID-19 more quickly and thoroughly, but is privacy the price?