DIGITAL RIGHTS EXPERTS: COVID – 19 SURVEILLANCE MEASURES HAVE WIDENED ACROSS THE WORLD

Highlights

• Currently, 35 countries are using digital tracking
• At least 28 countries have contact tracing apps in place 

Digital rights experts have said that extensive surveillance measures have been introduced after the COVID &...

JAPAN WORKING ON LAUNCHING COVID-19 CONTACT TRACKING MOBILE APP

HIGHLIGHTS

• Japanese health ministry is planning to launch an app that can help users to track proximity with coronavirus patients.
• If the user of phone with the app installed is infected, people who have been in close contact with him/her will be noti...