EU privacy watchdog calls for pan-European mobile app for virus tracking

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EU privacy watchdog calls for pan-European mobile app for virus tracking

Warns against current nation-based approach.

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) called on Monday for a pan-European mobile app to track the spread of the new coronavirus instead of the current hodge-podge of apps used in various EU countries which could breach people's privacy rights. Faced with thousands of coronavirus-related ...

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