The goal of the portal would be to help officials learn how COVID-19 is spreading across the United States. A combo of tech companies and data providers have been assisting the CDC in providing them the analyzed location data. The government commissioned programs calling for mobile phone location data are raising concerns about privacy protections. Some US location data companies do allow public access and have already allowed for government agencies to access them. Unacast launched a 'social distancing scoreboard' that uses location data to share with places how well their communities are doing with following stay-at=home orders.

Source: Daily Mail March 29, 2020 06:13 UTC