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Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps

Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday stated they'd ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a brand new contact tracing device the 2 are construction to gradual the unfold of the radical coronavirus.
Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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