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EU privacy body urges anonymization of location data for COVID-19 tracking

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has revealed steering for the use of location data and contacts tracing equipment supposed to mitigate the affect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Europe’s data coverage framework wraps round all such virtual interventions, which means there are criminal requiremen…
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published guidance for the use of location data and contacts tracing tools intended to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Europe’s data protection framework wraps around all such digital interventions, meaning there are legal requiremen…

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Author: Natasha Lomas

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  1. "A unique device identifier that Apple assigns to each iPhone for third parties to track users for ad targeting aka the IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers) is itself now the target of two new complaints filed by European privacy campaign not-for-profit, noyb". (November 16, 2020)
  2. "A number of UK computer security and privacy experts have signed an open letter raising transparency and mission creep concerns about the national approach to develop a coronavirus contacts tracing app". (April 29, 2020)
  3. "European data watchdogs have issued updated guidance in the wake of last weeks landmark ruling striking down a flagship transatlantic data transfer mechanism called Privacy Shield". (July 24, 2020)
  4. "Remember Do Not Track? The tracker-loving adtech industry hopes you dont recall that decade+ doomed attempt to bake user-friendly privacy controls into browsers". (October 7, 2020)
  5. "Privacy concerns that have been driving app users to alternative chat apps like Signal and Telegram in recent weeks, since Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced a T&Cs change, appear to also be generating some uplift for end-to-end encrypted email providers". (January 14, 2021)
  6. "As the saying goes, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". (August 11, 2020)
  7. "A month after Europes top court struck down a flagship data transfer arrangement between the EU and the US as unsafe, European privacy campaign group, noyb, has filed complaints against 101 websites with regional operators which its identified as still sending data to the US via Googl". (August 18, 2020)
  8. "Mozilla has further beefed up anti-tracking measures in its Firefox browser". (February 24, 2021)
  9. "One of the first national coronavirus contacts tracing apps to be launched in Europe is being suspended in Norway after the countrys data protection authority raised concerns that the software, called Smittestopp, poses a disproportionate threat to user privacy includin". (June 15, 2020)
  10. "The European Unions lead data protection supervisor has recommended that a ban on targeted advertising based on tracking Internet users digital activity be included in a major reform of digital services rules which aims to increase operators accountability, among other key goal". (February 10, 2021)
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