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Coronavirus: Mobile firms 'creating movement maps' to track people's social distancing


The Government's response to the outbreak could be shaped by the use of anonymised data and creating movement maps, the Guardian reported. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8 Cancel Play now"In relation to the use of mobile data, we are still actively exploring possibilities. O2 stressed it would not share data that would be able to identify or map individuals, only very broad mass movements. "'Using our mobile technology, we have the potential to build models that help to predict broadly how the virus might move. This would in no way be able to identify or map individuals, and operates within strict privacy guidelines."


Source: Daily Mirror March 20, 2020 02:44 UTC



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