ACLU Raises Privacy Concerns About Contact Tracing Apps
Tech-assisted contact tracing apps pose privacy, civil rights and civil liberties risks, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday, outlining principles for government and industry (see 2004100037). The ACLU requested the Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for…
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Disease Control and Prevention release records concerning conversations with the “tech industry and plans for using location tracking technology to address the COVID-19 crisis.” The organization recommended apps be voluntary and that companies store data on “an individual’s device rather than in a centralized repository.” It backed use limitations, data minimization, data deletion and transparency, and opposed “mission creep,” meaning the tracking shouldn’t continue after COVID-19.