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The first US COVID-19 app built on Apple and Google tracking tech is here
The Virginia Department of Health has launched COVIDWISE, an app that uses Apple and Google’s COVID-19 contact tracing technology to track coronavirus cases and notify users when they may have been exposed. State officials had been beta testing the app, which is the first to fully use Apple and Google’s exposure notification API. As of today, the app is free to download in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
New York AG asks Google and Apple to vet third-party COVID-19 contact tracing apps
Now, New York Attorney General Letitia James is urging the tech giants to ensure that those applications aren’t capable of collecting sensitive personal health information, to minimize any invasive data collection and to guarantee that they truly delete consumer information.