https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/27/telco-metadata-grab-is-for-modelling-covid-19-spread-not-tracking-citizens-says-ec/ > As part of its response to the public health emergency triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission has been leaning on Europe’s telcos to share aggregate location data on their users. > “The Commission kick-started a discussion with mobile phone operators about the provision of aggregated and anonymised mobile phone location data,” it said today.