Google says data from Australia's Covid-19 contact-tracing app couldn't be reused or on-sold
By James Panichi ( June 17, 2020, 03:40 GMT | Insight) -- There are no circumstances under which Google would seek to monetize information gathered through the technology provided to the Australian government to run a Covid-19 contact-tracing app, a company spokesperson said today. Google Australia’s Samantha Yorke told an online conference that no data from Google’s Application Program Interface could be used by anyone — including Australian health authorities — for anything other than a Covid-19 response. There are no circumstances under which Google would seek to monetize information gathered through the technology provided to the Australian government to run a Covid-19 contact-tracing app, a company spokesperson said today....
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