Article 52EKP France urges Apple and Google to ease privacy rules on contact tracing

France urges Apple and Google to ease privacy rules on contact tracing

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Alex Hern UK technology editor
from Technology | The Guardian on (#52EKP)

Government becomes first to call for invasive measures in effort to combat coronavirus

France has become the first country to call publicly for Apple and Google to weaken privacy protections around digital contact tracing, after its government admitted that its current plans would not work without changes to smartphone operating systems.

The criticism comes two weeks after a landmark collaboration between the two companies to build technology enabling digital contact tracing apps, which would track contacts between users in an attempt to help slow the spread of Covid-19.

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