GOP Senators Raise Data Privacy Concerns Over CDC’s Airline Contact Tracing Order Nov 4, 2021 | 3:22 pm A group of Republican senators sent a letter to White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients asking him to inform Congress how the Biden Administration plans to address data collection concerns following a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contact tracing order. […]
Biden Cranks up Federal Data Production, Testing Strategy in COVID-19 Orders Jan 22, 2021 | 2:08 pm The Biden Administration has gone to work on stopping the spread of the COVID-19 virus through executive orders (EO) that will enhance data collection capabilities among relevant industries and establish a national testing strategy that includes a contact tracing element. […]
Survey: Hesitancy to Share Data Could Crimp COVID-19 Contact Tracing Aug 27, 2020 | 11:08 am Most Americans (78 percent) are concerned or very concerned about protecting their personal data, which could impact the country’s ability to accurately contact trace during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey from Privitar has revealed. […]
NASA Launching Voluntary Contact Tracing Program for Employees Aug 12, 2020 | 11:34 am NASA is preparing to implement a contact tracing program for its employees to follow exposure to the COVID-19 virus as they return to the worksite, according to an August 11 notice in the Federal Register. […]
House Financial Committee Weighs Privacy Concerns of COVID Contact Tracing Jul 9, 2020 | 2:49 pm Members of the House Committee on Financial Services and witnesses at a July 8 hearing weighed the public health benefits of digital contact tracing to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 against the data privacy concerns of access to personal information. […]