April Glaser and Jon Schuppe report: In a growing number of cities and states, local governments are collecting the addresses of people who test positive for the coronavirus and sharing the lists with police and first responders. Law enforcement officials say this information sharing — which is underway in Massachusetts, Alabama and Florida, and in select areas…
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Ankle monitors ordered for Louisville, Kentucky residents exposed to Covid-19 who refuse to stay home
Mallika Kallingal reports: Kentucky is taking severe measures to ensure residents exposed to the coronavirus stay at home. Louisville residents who have been in contact with coronavirus patients but refuse to isolate themselves are being made to wear ankle bracelets. A judge has ordered one resident to stay at home after refusing to self-quarantine. CNN…
Pandemic Data-Sharing Puts New Pressure on Privacy Protections
Ben Brody and Naomi Nix report: Data sharing by technology companies is helping government officials fight the dizzying spread of the coronavirus by monitoring compliance with social distancing and stay-at-home orders. It’s also putting privacy experts on edge. Companies including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. were already collecting, for advertising purposes, huge volumes of data from websites…
Google data shines light on whether coronavirus lockdowns worldwide are working
Paresh Dave reports: The analysis of location data from billions of Google users’ phones is the largest public dataset available to help health authorities assess if people are abiding with shelter-in-place and similar orders issued across the world to rein in the virus. The company released reports for 131 countries with charts that compare traffic…