In China, “[a] new system uses software to dictate [COVID-19] quarantines — and appears to send personal data to police, in a troubling precedent for automated social control.” (N.Y. Times)
The CDC is struggling to track coronavirus outbreak partially because it doesn’t have enough data from airlines. Airline companies say it’s because customers are booking through Expedia, etc., who don’t normally share info w/ airlines for business reasons. (Wash. Post)
Leaked data from a financial data broker show that large companies are purchasing millions of Americans’ credit card data and may be able to tie it to specific individuals. (Vice)
“Amazon keeps records of every motion detected by its Ring doorbells, as well as the exact time they are logged down to the millisecond.” (BBC)
Clean Master, a popular antivirus app, has a very broad privacy policy. It was kicked off of the Google Play store because it was extracting extremely detailed tracking of users’ browsing. (Forbes)
(Compiled by Student Fellow Tom McBrien)