Digital mapping of coronavirus contacts will have key role in lifting Europe’s lockdown, says Commission
https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/15/digital-mapping-of-coronavirus-contacts-will-have-key-role-in-lifting-europes-lockdown-says-commission/
The European Commission has set out a plan for co-ordinating the lifting of regional coronavirus restrictions that includes a role for digital tools — in what the EU executive couches as “a robust system of reporting and contact tracing”. However it has reiterated that such tools must “fully respect data privacy”.
Last week the Commission made a similar call for a common approach to data and apps for fighting the coronavirus, emphasizing the need for technical measures to be taken to ensure that citizens’ rights and freedoms aren’t torched in the scramble for a tech fix.