COVID tracking. Legislating Privacy Policies.

Who: Congress

5 Key privacy elements:

• Transparency
  • disclose to consumers at the point of collection how their data will be handled, to whom it will be transferred, and how long it will be retained
• Choice
  • affirmative express consent
• Control
  • over the collection and use of their personal data
• Data defined
  • will include health, geolocation, and proximity data
• Hold businesses accountable if personal data is used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic

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