A police car sits at the bottom of the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy. While personal privacy is sacrosanct in Europe, citizens may be willing to forgo strict adherence to those protections if it can help the region battle one its biggest crises since World War II. — Bloomberg
Officials in Austria and Italy are starting to use location data transmitted by mobile phones to determine the effectiveness of their coronavirus lockdowns.
Telekom Austria AG, the country’s biggest telecom network operator, is providing "anonymised data” to relevant authorities, according to a statement late Tuesday.
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