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EFF to Schools: Make COVID-19 Tracking Tech Voluntary

Universities launching COVID-19 tracking technology should make it voluntary for students and share information about data collection, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Monday. It's wrong to require students and staff to commit to “using unspecified tracking apps that record their…

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every movement, and failing to inform them about what personal data is being collected, how it’s being used, and with whom it’s being shared,” said EFF. Schools should commit to the University App Mandate Pledge, a “set of seven transparency- and privacy-enhancing policies,” it said.