It’s becoming increasingly clear how we can get back outside and back to work—although not exactly back to normal.

I stop the car when I see him walking slowly down the empty footpath outside our now shuttered building—I know he lives on campus and is far from home. I sent my students away more than a week ago; I...

"Having served as lead White House technology adviser on Sept. 11, 2001, I've been down this path, and I know its peril far too well."

We are about to enter a phase in which, using the pandemic as a justification, it will be normal for data as personal as our geolocation, our state of health or proximity to other people to be...

Not privacy, but the fact that they might use the partnership as a Trojan horse to control, in the long term, how governments around the world provide access to healthcare services.

Personal information shared for contact tracing purposes need to be limited so that it doesn't turn into a mass invasion of privacy long term, according to Josephine Wolff.

The tech giants answer reporters' questions.

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Just 41% of Singaporeans are comfortable sharing a positive COVID-19 test result with contact tracing technology, though 55% -- the highest amongst six countries surveyed -- are willing to do so with...

AI's ability to crunch large amounts of data has allowed governments worldwide to collect information to try and stop the pandemic.

The source code of a proposed app for tracing COVID-19 exposed user data after being published online.

When Bluetooth is turned on, your phone uses radio waves to figure out which other devices are nearby. This could be used to create an anonymous notification network.

Experts raise concerns about Bluetooth technology and the risks of "mission creep".

When Bluetooth is turned on, your phone uses radio waves to figure out which other devices are nearby. This could be used to create an anonymous notification network.

As plans to digitally track how often people are close enough to contract the virus are unveiled, advocates warn civil liberties may be threatened

"It is vital that...we do not create a tool that enables large-scale data collection on the population, either now or at a later time," critics of a leading European contact-tracing platform warn.

Letter suggests citizens will reject any centralised app launched to prevent coronavirus that harvests superfluous data

The Australian government launched a controversial coronavirus tracing app on Sunday and promised to legislate privacy protections around it.

60+ companies came together to develop a blockchain-based credential system for recovered or vaccinated people, to help bring societies back to normal.

Israel's Corsight AI, which has developed technology to recognise faces concealed by masks, goggles and plastic shields, raised $5 million from Awz Ventures, a Canadian fund focused on intelligence...

Smartphone apps and other digital technology have been widely used to help limit the spread of coronavirus. Countries are now developing their own apps to trace the virus's journey.