Privacy Concerns Hindering Digital Contact Tracing

Jennifer D. Oliva, JD, associate professor of law, Seton Hall University School of Law, Jersey City, NJ.

Ross D. Silverman, JD, Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Bloomington.

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The Washington Post: “Most Americans are not willing or able to use an app tracking coronavirus infections. That’s a problem for Big Tech’s plan to slow the pandemic.”

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