Privacy Concerns

FILE PHOTO: A screenshot showing the tracking application StopCovid is seen on a mobile phone in this illustration picture taken in Nantes, France June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/Illustration/File PhotoPARIS (Reuters) - A coronavirus contact tracing app being introduced in France may not be able to connect with others across the…

Fitbit Blaze watch is seen in front of a displayed Google logo in this illustrationBy Foo Yun CheeBRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide by July 20 whether to clear Alphabet Inc-owned Google's $2.1 billion bid for fitness trackers company Fitbit, a deal that has prompted concerns from consumer…

Fitbit Blaze watch is seen in front of a displayed Google logo in this illustrationBy Foo Yun CheeBRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide by July 20 whether to clear Alphabet Inc-owned Google's $2.1 billion bid for fitness trackers company Fitbit, a deal that has prompted concerns from consumer…

With Britain in lockdown, the Government has been racing to find ways to ease restrictions without putting public safety at risk.   One solution is a contact-tracing app that can enable digital contact-tracing on a large scale. On May 5, the Government revealed its first attempt at a contact-tracing app. But…

With Britain in lockdown, the Government has been racing to find ways to ease restrictions without putting public safety at risk.   One solution is a contact-tracing app that can enable digital contact-tracing on a large scale. The government has revealed of the app, which is being tested on the Isle of…

Andrew Frame launched Citizen in 2017, merging 911-dispatch data and your smartphone’s GPS location to alert you about nearby dangers—fires, robberies, car crashes, assaults. Now he’s betting Citizen's mobile technology, location capabilities and network of millions of users can warn you about possible Covid-19 exposure. “We're all at war. Right…

With Britain in lockdown, the Government has been racing to find ways to ease restrictions without putting public safety at risk.   One solution is a contact-tracing app that can enable digital contact-tracing on a large scale. On May 5, the Government revealed its first attempt at a contact-tracing app. But…

With Britain in lockdown, the Government has been racing to find ways to ease restrictions without putting public safety at risk.   One solution is a contact-tracing app that can enable digital contact-tracing on a large scale. The government has revealed of the app, which is being tested on the Isle of…

With Britain in lockdown, the Government has been racing to find ways to ease restrictions without putting public safety at risk.   One solution is a contact-tracing app that can enable digital contact-tracing on a large scale. On May 5, the Government revealed its first attempt at a contact-tracing app. But…

Thousands have signed a petition that underscores data privacy issues with Singapore’s newly announced contact-tracing wearable, in development. Singapore’s announcement that it is developing a wearable for contact tracing has caused citizens to voice concern for the technology’s impact on their data privacy, with more than 35,000 signing a petition…