Coronavirus news reports sit next to a keyboard in Bern, Switzerland. The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a seismic wave of health awareness and anxiety, which is energising a new category of virus-fighting tech and apps. — Bloomberg
European Union governments have pushed the bloc's stringent data privacy rules to their limits by tapping the biggest telecom and tech companies for data to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
Wireless companies such as Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom have shared mobile phone location data to show users’ movements and gauge the effectiveness of lockdowns in certain areas. Google is looking at how to assist with the data from users who allow location sharing, and on Thursday published over 100 country-specific reports showing how mass movements have changed in the last month.
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