Privacy in a Pandemic
Featuring Ali Lange, Government Affairs & Public Policy Manager, Google; Ryan Calo, Co‐ Director, Tech Policy Lab & Professor of Law, University of Wash…
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Monitoring cyber security while working remotely
"Working from home may be convenient for a lot of us, but it’s also convenient for hackers and identity thieves. Marshall Erwin, Senior Director of Trust…
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Coronavirus Monitoring Bracelets Flood the Market, Ready to Snitch on People Who Don't Distance
"Jennifer Granick, an attorney specializing in surveillance and cybersecurity technologies at the American Civil Liberties Union, told The Intercept that S…
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What Is Contact Tracing and How Does It Work?
""No contact tracing app can be fully effective until there is widespread, free, and quick testing and equitable access to health care,” said Jennifer…
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Manual Contact Tracing Has Privacy Issues
This blogpost was first published by me on May 22, 2020, as a series of Tweets on manual contact tracing and privacy risks. Many privacy advocates initally oppo…
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North Dakota’s COVID-19 app has been sending data to Foursquare and Google
"“Data collected in connection with contact tracing should not be used for any secondary purpose, let alone a commercial one,” wrote Ryan Calo, an associat…
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Apple, Google release coronavirus-tracing software — but will it help?
"“Either you have a system unlikely to help people navigate their world, to leave their house and feel safe, or you have privacy trade-offs," said Uni…
COVID-19 Webinar Series – Debate on the Risks of Bluetooth Contact Tracing
The world is moving rapidly to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus - and the Center for Democracy & Technology's policy teams are working just as f…
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Apple, Google release smartphone technology to notify users of possible exposure to coronavirus
"Some privacy advocates have favored the Google-Apple approach because it offers more privacy and security. But others, including Ryan Calo, a law professo…
Does containing COVID-19 mean surrendering our privacy?
Public health officials are scrambling to rapidly ramp up contact tracing, which involves tracking down people who may have come in contact with someone who has…
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'That can go very wrong': The role of information and technology during COVID-19
"“We find ourselves in a position where we know technology and information will have a role,” Ryan Calo, an associate professor at the UW School of Law, sa…
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How Congress is shaping data privacy laws during the pandemic
"“I think it’s important to consider that the inertia of these kinds of things, that the decisions we make now, will impact privacy for years to come,” Nor…