Automated contact tracing is a tool that could potentially help blunt the impact of the next wave of the coronavirus pandemic as well as future outbreaks. Only 21% of people would willingly share data with healthcare businesses for contact-tracing purposes, and more than half continue to feel uncomfortable sharing personal data for any reason, according to the “2020 Consumer Trust and Data Privacy report” The absence of privacy protections means the lack of trust means the technology will likely not be adopted quickly enough to be a factor in the current pandemic.”]