Mobile Applications For COVID Tracking & Tracing – Balancing the Need for Personal Information and Privacy Rights in the Time of Coronavirus

Lexology April 15, 2020
Crowell & Moring LLP

Introduction

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and there is mounting pressure to ease business and social restrictions, governments, non-profits, and private corporations are all increasingly focused on solutions that would not only track and trace the movements of individuals to determine exposure to the virus and compliance with stay-at-home orders, but also potentially signal the person’s COVID-19 status. This, of course, raises a slew of privacy issues.

Establishing where an infected individual has been and with whom they may have interacted is critical for both public and private entities attempting to manage the impact of this virus, to slow its spread, and to assess when restrictions can be lifted. One method of contact tracking and tracing is gathering cellular location...

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