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Title: Senators question Tim Cook about the privacy of Apple's COVID-19 app Post by: HCK on April 05, 2020, 04:05:21 pm Senators question Tim Cook about the privacy of Apple's COVID-19 app
Congress has questions about Apple's COVID-19 app and website. What you need to know Democratic senators have sent a letter to Tim Cook about Apple's COVID-19 app. They have expressed concern about the privacy of users of the app. Apple has expressed that the app does not collect any personal information. Apple's COVID-19 app and website helps users screen for coronavirus-related symptoms and provides them with recommendations and links to trusted information. A group of Democratic senators are now expressing concerns about user's privacy when using the app and website. Reported by Bloomberg, Senators Bob Menendez, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Richard Blumenthal have sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking about the matter. The four senators are concerned "for the safety and security of Americans' private health data." To that end, they are asking Apple to provide information about the app including any data-sharing practices and if it complies with the Health Insurance ... Source: Senators question Tim Cook about the privacy of Apple's COVID-19 app (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/A7EiCxPob2c/senators-question-tim-cook-about-privacy-apples-covid-19-app) |