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Digital rights groups issue privacy principles for contact-tracing tools

( August 5, 2021, 17:17 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Privacy rights groups including the Future of Privacy Forum have issued a set of guiding principles calling for strong transparency, de-identification, privacy safeguards, and other measures to protect against discrimination and ensure that digital contact tracing technologies are used responsibly. “We learned early in our Privacy and Pandemics initiative that unresolved ethical, legal, social, and equity issues may challenge the responsible implementation of digital contact tracing technologies,” said Jules Polonetsky, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum. “So we engaged leaders within the civil rights, health equity, and privacy communities to create a set of actionable principles to help guide organizations implementing digital contact tracing that respects individual rights.”Press release follows below in full: ...

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