“ Google to track travel habits during pandemic
Google is to publicly track people's movements over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, so that the information can be used by public health officials and others to help manage the outbreak.
The tech firm will publish details of the different types of places people are going to on a county-by-county basis in the UK, as well as similar data for 130 other countries.
The plan is to issue a daily update with the figures referring back to activity from two or three days prior.
The company has promised that individuals' privacy will be preserved.
The readings are based on location data gathered via the Google Maps app or one of the firm's other mobile services.
They will be broken down to reveal how busy some places have been, compared to a period earlier in the year before lockdowns were introduced.”
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Google is to publicly track people's movements over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, so that the information can be used by public health officials and others to help manage the outbreak.
The tech firm will publish details of the different types of places people are going to on a county-by-county basis in the UK, as well as similar data for 130 other countries.
The plan is to issue a daily update with the figures referring back to activity from two or three days prior.
The company has promised that individuals' privacy will be preserved.
The readings are based on location data gathered via the Google Maps app or one of the firm's other mobile services.
They will be broken down to reveal how busy some places have been, compared to a period earlier in the year before lockdowns were introduced.”
Coronavirus: US daily deaths reach new peak - BBC News
On it’s just Google, that’s fine then
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