COVID 19 allows the violation of the privacy of all Europeans

08 Apr 2020

COVID 19 allows the violation of the privacy of all Europeans


Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Orange as well as other European tele-communications providers, together with the European Commission, have decided to use the location data from the mobile phone I have users of these mobile networks, to track and prevent the spread of COVID-19.


The justification was that the people violated the restrictions imposed by the governments of the European states.


"The Commission should clearly define the data it wants to obtain and ensure transparency towards the public, in order to avoid any misunderstandings", underlined the European Data Protection Supervisor


Countries such as Singapore, Taiwan and Israel are already using such methods to track users of mobile devices connected to a mobile network.


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