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Technology Print 2020-03-23

Google exploring using location info to slow coronavirus spread

Alphabet Inc's Google is exploring ways to use location information to slow the spread of the coronavirus by, for example, determining the effectiveness of social distancing. US Senator Ed Markey, who has long championed consumer privacy, urged caution wi
Published 23 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Alphabet Inc's Google is exploring ways to use location information to slow the spread of the coronavirus by, for example, determining the effectiveness of social distancing. US Senator Ed Markey, who has long championed consumer privacy, urged caution with the government's efforts to partner with big tech companies to track the coronavirus.
In a letter to Michael Kratsios, the White House's chief technology officer, Markey cited a Washington Post report that said the government had discussions with Amazon.com Inc , Apple Inc, Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google, IBM Corp and other tech companies to discuss potentially using smartphone location data as a research tool as the virus spreads in the United States.
"We need assurances that collection and processing of these types of information, even if aggregated and anonymized, do not pose safety and privacy risks to individuals," Markey wrote.
He asked the government to describe how the data would be collected, anonymized and stored, who would have access to it and which companies were involved in the effort.
"This work would follow our stringent privacy protocols and would not involve sharing data about any individual's location, movement, or contacts," a Google representative said in a statement. Facebook said in a statement that there was no agreement to share location data of individuals with the government.

Copyright Reuters, 2020

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