Two bills dealing with processing COVID-19 data in California were referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Assembly Bill 660 prohibits data collected, received or prepared for purposes of contact tracing
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The Data Protection Authority for the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany suggests there is a need for legislation limiting the use of contact tracing data.
Anyone sitting in the beer garden should
Continue Reading Regional German Data Protection Authority Advocates for Contact Tracing Protections
According to Italian Data Protection Authority Garante Per La Protezione Dei Dati Personale, The COVID-19 emergency does not automatically, and in itself, represent a sufficient legal basis for particularly invasive
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Data that is initially collected for the purpose of protecting against infection and which must be provided by those affected prior to visiting restaurants, accommodations, leisure facilities or events and
Continue Reading Hamburg Data Authority: Legislators Should Limit Law Enforcement Access to Contact Tracing Information
Canada’s privacy regulator is admitting the government’s contract tracing app can’t provide a 100% guarantee of anonymity.
“True anonymity, technically speaking, would require the complete and permanent impossibility of reversing
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Senate Bill 8450C, or An Act to Amend the Public Health Law in relation to the Confidentiality of Contact Tracing Information, passed the New York State Senate and Assembly and
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The New York State Senate has approved a measure that would protect the privacy of contact tracing data.
“The NY state Senate approved a measure (S.8450C/A.10500C) that would
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The Spanish data protection authority AEPD has published helpful guidelines around the design and use of apps to control access to public places and social distancing.
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Following the decision of the Israeli government to submit a bill allowing phone tracking by the Secret Service for the purpose of COVID-19 tracing, a group of Israeli privacy experts
Continue Reading Israeli Privacy Leaders Form Data Protection Foundation in Response to COVID-19 Tracing Plan
Following widespread protest by the Israeli privacy community and the population at large, a decision by the Israeli Supreme Court and a statement from the head of the Israeli Secret
Continue Reading Israel Steps Back From Law Involving Secret Service in COVID-19 Tracing