Data Privacy
Jun. 15, 2020
Data collection with virus test worries privacy advocates
Attorneys are cautioning citizens who sign up for free COVID19 testing, questioning whether or not the data collected from surveys, analyses and results might be used to create an electronic passport or be dumped into a national identification system.
Attorneys are increasingly worried results of coronavirus tests will be used more broadly, including through an electronic passport or a national identification system.
So far, the data has been used to keep a headcount of infections and track trends, spikes and resurgences, government officials say. But health officials are collecting information on race and age, along with deeply personal medical information, that could be used in...
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