A screenshot showing the tracking application StopCovid is seen on a mobile phone in Nantes, France. France has said that access to its centrally held data is a matter of sovereignty. —Reuters
PARIS: A coronavirus contact tracing app being introduced in France may not be able to connect with others across the European Union because it stores data centrally, EU Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager said on June 16.
The EU has been hoping that apps developed by member states to track infections will be able to link up when people move within the bloc, mapping the virus's spread better and so creating more security for a revival of travel and tourism. Member states agreed technical standards for this on Tuesday.
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