White House in talks with tech firms to use real-time location data from smartphones to support efforts to slow spread of COVID-19. Location data could help track movements of people and allow researchers to map patterns, which could reveal the existence of hotspots and allow officials to direct more resources to specific areas. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., wrote a letter to the CTO of the United States, expressing his concerns over the White House’s plans to engage with Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, IBM and other tech companies to leverage location data.”]
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