To Track Virus, Governments Weigh Surveillance Tools that Push Privacy Limits

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As the country scrambles to control the rapidly spreading coronavirus, government agencies are putting in place or considering a range of tracking and surveillance technologies that test the limits of personal privacy. The technologies include everything from geolocation tracking that can monitor the locations of people through their phones to facial-recognition systems that can analyze… Continue reading To Track Virus, Governments Weigh Surveillance Tools that Push Privacy Limits

Sharing Your Digital Health Data: New Rules Ease Access

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Sharing your personal health data with apps, doctors and hospitals will get easier under new federal rules, announced Monday, that are likely to sharpen a debate over patient privacy. By standardizing the way data must be shared and mandating that individuals have digital access to their own health records, the regulations are widely expected to… Continue reading Sharing Your Digital Health Data: New Rules Ease Access