On May 22, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the government was working closely with Apple and Google on a Covid-19 contact-tracing app to assist curbing the transmission of the virus as restrictions are lifted. It followed the launch of Canada’s first tracing app, ABTraceTogether, in the western province of Alberta on May 1. […]
In March, state governors across the United States of America announced lockdown measures in response to Covid-19. Since then states have turned their attention to contact tracing and taking different approaches to these systems. Some states are developing contact-tracing apps but it’s unclear how popular these are and/or will be with a Washington Post-University of […]
On March 23, the President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa announced that lockdown measures in response to Covid-19 would take effect from March 26. The restrictions included ordering all South Africans, except essential workers, to remain at home, the closure of schools and a ban on the sale of alcohol and cigarettes. Not long after […]
On March 8, the President of Colombia Ivan Duque and Colombia’s National Health Institute launched an app called CoronApp in response to Covid-19. It initially started out as an app for informational purposes which would see users receive alerts, information about Covid-19, and allow users to submit a self-evaluation of their health. However, two weeks […]
The COVID19 & Surveillance webinar is the 2nd in a series of online events hosted by INCLO that discuss responses to COVID19 in relation to the human rights issues that became urgent in the work of our member organizations around the world. During the COVID19 pandemic, contact tracing apps, drones, and face surveillance are being […]
Technologist Daniel Kahn Gillmor from the ACLU offers straightforward tips to protecting your phone, your information, and your identity from the government at protests and rallies.