Israel suspends cellphone-tracking for coronavirus quarantine enforcement

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Police use of mobile data to enforce quarantines stopped.

Israel suspends cellphone-tracking for coronavirus quarantine enforcement
An Israeli parliamentary oversight committee on Wednesday suspended police use of cellphone data to enforce coronavirus quarantines, with one lawmaker citing privacy concerns. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government last month empowered the police to requisition cellphone roaming data on ...

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